a little gem from Shushtari… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf9v3gggmvA Translation: A little shaykh from the land of Meknes in the middle of the markets singing: What do I care about people What do they care about me? What do I care, my friend about the whole creation? Do good, be saved and follow the people of realities…
Love beyond words…
Ibn al-Fāriḍ In the art of describing his beauty, time itself expires and yet still there remains in him, what has not been described وعـلى تَـفَنّنِ واصِـفيهِ بِحُسْنِهِ يَـفنى الـزّمانُ وفيه ما لم يُوصف Anon. A robe woven from the cloth of 29 letters would still fall short of…
Hafez says, “Shatter”
Translation: Give us love’s flirtatious look and shatter sorcery’s bazaar With but a seductive glance, shatter wealthy Samer’s law Give both the head and turban of the whole world to the wind That is, let your hair down, let the heart-breaking begin Tell the lock of hair to give up its bold arrogance “Shatter…
You seek Layla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAYyniRPNC8 Translation: You seek Layla, but she reveals herself within you You think she’s other, but she’s not other than you And that’s a madness that is apparent to the cult of lovers So be careful, for otherness is the essence of being cut off Don’t you see how her beauty envelops you? She disappears only when…