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…
The little shaykh from the land of Meknes
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…
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…