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12th Century

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Timeline (1120? - 1220?)

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English version by
Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

How long then will you seek for beauty here?

Recommended Books

	The Conference of the Birds, Translated by Afkham Darbandi / Translated by Dick Davis
	Conference of the Birds: A Seeker's Journey to God, Translated by Rustom Pestonji Masani
	The Conference of the Birds: The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid ud-Din Attar, Translated by Raficq Abdulla
	The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady
	The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia, with Lectures by Inayat Khan, Translated by Coleman Barks

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How long then will you seek for beauty here?
Seek the unseen, and beauty will appear.
When the last veil is lifted neither men
Nor all their glory will be seen again,
The universe will fade -- this mighty show
In all its majesty and pomp will go,
And those who loved appearances will prove
Each other's enemies and forfeit love,
While those who loved the absent, unseen Friend
Will enter that pure love which knows no end.

-- from The Conference of the Birds, Translated by Afkham Darbandi / Translated by Dick Davis

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