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SUFI POEMS by Sultan BaHU

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This body is a dwelling of the True Lord, and my heart like a

 

garden in bloom.

 

Within it are fountains, within is are prayer grounds, within it

 

places to bow down in prayer.

 

Within it is the Ka'ba, within it the qibla, within it cries

 

"Only Allah!"

 

I found a Perfect Guide, oh BaHU, He alone will take care of me.

 

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This body of yours is the True Lord's dwelling, so mystic,

 

look inside!

 

The water of Life is within you.

 

Illuminate the darkness with the lamp of longing, then perhaps

 

you'll find what you have lost.

 

They die before they die, oh BaHU, those who understand the

 

riddle of Truth.

 

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Lovers always wander drunken from their love of the Beloved.

 

Those who give the Beloved their lives while still living are alive

 

in both worlds.

 

-- Sultan BaHU, "Death Before Dying -- The Sufi Poems of Sultan BaHU,"

Jamal J. Elias, University of California Press, Berkeley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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