Tuesday, April 15, 2008

incomparable

I was an angel and highest paradise was my place. Adam brought me to this monastery in the city of ruin--Hafiz - Ghazal 44 - "The Green Sea of Heaven" - Elizabeth T. Gray Jr
Title: Swift River with Aspen and Maple Trees in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA Artist: Darrell Gulin Intoxicated by the Wine of Love.From each a mystic silence Love demands.What do all seek so earnestly? 'Tis Love.What do they whisper to each other? Love.Love is the subject of their inmost thoughts.In Love no longer 'thou' and 'I' exist,For Self has passed away in the Beloved.Now will I draw aside the veil from Love,And in the temple of mine inmost soul,Behold the Friend; Incomparable Love.He who would know the secret of both worlds,Will find the secret of them both, is Love.Farid ud Din Attar - translation Margaret Smith -The Jawhar Al-Dhat

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