Guest guest Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Hello Love, bequiled am I... ;-) - <sshomi <Sunlight > Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:14 AM [sunlight] " Love is all bewilderment " > > > > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > > In God's eyes, whoever has no tint of Love is > naught but wood and stone. > Love wrings water from rocks, Love cleans > rust from mirrors. > Unbelief has come in war, faith in peace - Love > strikes a fire to both peace and war. > In the ocean of the heart Love opens its mouth > and like a whale swallows down the two worlds. > Love is a lion, without deception and trickery, > not a fox one moment and a leopard the next. > When Love provides replenishment upon > replenishment, the spirit gains deliverance from this dark and > narrow body. > From the beginning Love is all bewilderment - it > stuns the intellect and dazzles the spirit. > Oh east wind, my heart is in Tabriz - take my > salaams there without delay! > > -- Ghazal (Ode) 1331 > Translation by William C. Chittick > " The Sufi Path of Love " > SUNY Press Albany, 1984 > > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > > > > Archive for Sunlight can be accessed at: > Sunlight /messages > To , please send an email to : sunlight- > To , please send an email to: > sunlight- > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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