One of the most powerful recordings of Sufi music, this medley of Shustari’s poetry begins with the following poem: Translation: They are my sweetest moments when you are joined with my essence When you are with my essence The sun of intimacy dawns in me My poverty came to me naturally And existence…
Shakespeare, Shushtari, and the Sultan
Sonnet 29 When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man’s art, and…