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I’m not too proud to sayplease write a new poem through meand I promise not to claim thatI wrote it myself…or if that’s too much to ask,just a line..

When the music calls to the soul’s hungerthe matzub begins to turn like a shy maiden;then faster, faster; centrifugal forcewill throw him out of..

So small,such a tiny eye,yet sees, has seen, so muchto be a houseflyin the house of the Lord,a house without walls, without ceiling,without floor?I..

bee,said the flowerflower,said the beerain,said the seedseed,said the rainearth,said the skysky,said the earthman,said the creatorcreator,said the..

It’s a misty morning,clings gently to the skin,it’s pleasant like this,let’s walkoh here’s an apple tree,you can touch the mist on the apple’s..

bee,said the flowerflower,said the beerain,said the seedseed,said the rainearth,said the skysky,said the earthman,said the creatorcreator,said the..

The witness saidthis is what I sawno other witnesses were present at the time,none of the jury were there of course,the judge was not theresome of..

My Beloved saidO my dearest onewhat may I give to you,ask of me what you mayI said to My Beloved,O my dearest one,give me whatevermay bring You..

Because I am a poetand you are a poetI would like to talk to you todayof how when My Belovedsmiles at me with that open smilethat asks nothing but..

Oh the pleasure, the happiness,the delight, the joy, the bliss,of doing just one thing above all!When I was a child, I did many things;that’s right..

Yesterday, my dearest one,you who are so dear to Me,you walked so slowly through the public parkcarrying your sorrow with youand as you walked, you..

Now with surprise and sadness, I have realised–I do not love you as much as I thought…When you are beside mein the bed when I awakeI whisper with my..

In the gardens of the worldas the world and seasons turn,in a thousand thousand gardens,in a million fields and valleys,the lilies grow.the lilies of..

And they often said,‘O poet, as you call yourself –why are all your versesto your divine Beloved, fullof ‘as’ and ‘like’? ’ –‘Her lips are like red..

Why, O dearest to Myself,do you try to hard to run away from God?Your body cannot run away from Him,for He who made your body, runs with you..Your..

In the street outside the windowa beautiful young maiden passes;only her eyes, looking straight ahead, demurely down,are to be seen of her, above her..

‘If all men already knew my message, saw my smilethen there would be no need for me to speak; or to exist.If all men already knew my message, saw my..

In the garden,I look at a rose and wonderIs this roselaughing with God?Is it God’s smile, and message, to the earth?Does it tellOf God’s goodness..

I asked the passing strangersin the fine street of the wise,‘Tell me about your Self itself’The first man said to me‘It is like a rose gardenplanted..

My Beloved saidWhen, my dearest one, you were asleep,sleeping in Myself, I came to youand looked into your mirrorto see whom I might seeand when you..

O Caliphs of the worldwho have executed so many saintsfor daring to say that ‘I am God within myself’ –If you yourselves are not God within..

‘O My Beloved –I lose myself in the world’s distracting multiplicity,yet cannot find the One in my restless mind –I am in a desert place, a place of..

To My Beloved I said‘When I am away from you, O Beloved,out in the market place of this world,I remember that I have forgottenone thing – but cannot..

I said to My BelovedTell me the measure of truthMy Beloved saidTell me first what you know of truth‘One and one make two,- as You and I’My Beloved..

‘O My Beloved,Only when I am close to Youis the world in perfect order, andcontentment enfolds me in warm arms;only then am I at peace;only then is..