Tuesday, March 26, 2013

My Peace is in my Aloneness

"One" by samirmalik

Brothers, my peace is in my aloneness.
My Beloved is alone with me there, always.
I have found nothing in all the worlds
That could match His love,
This love that harrows the sands of my desert.
If I come to die of desire
And my Beloved is still not satisfied,
I would live in eternal despair.

To abandon all that He has fashioned
And hold in the palm of my hand
Certain proof that He loves me -
That is the name and the goal of my search.

--- Rabi´a al-Adawiyya, a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. Translation by Andrew Harvey and Eryk Hanut.

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