Abu-Said Abil-Kheir: [31] All my vows, You laughed at, on day one

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[31] All my vows, You laughed at, on day one

by Abu-Said Abil-Kheir
(967 - 1049) Timeline

English version by
Vraje Abramian

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

All my vows, You laughed at, on day one,
only to call me up on them, that eve.
You taught me to live with You, Friend,
with vows never made,
never to be broken.

-- from Nobody, Son of Nobody: Poems of Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir, Translated by Vraje Abramian

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