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Muslim / Sufi
11th Century

About Sheikh Ansari

Timeline (1006 - 1088)

 Sheikh Ansari, Sheikh Ansari poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, poetry, poetry

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English version by
Andrew Harvey

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
The one You kill,

Themes
  Bliss
  Death
  Fire
  Perfume
 

 

Recommended Books

Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston
Munajat: The Intimate Invocations, by Sheikh Ansari / Translated by A. G. Farhadi
Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut
Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

The one You kill,
Lord,
Does not smell of blood,
And the one You burn
Does not reek of smoke.

He You burn laughs as he burns
And the one You kill,
As You kill him,
Cries out in ecstasy.

 

 

-- from Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

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