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Muslim / Sufi
12th Century

About Ayn al-Qozat Hamadani

Timeline (1098 - 1131)

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English version by
Andrew Harvey

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
As Long as I Live

Themes
  Birth, Rebirth
  Death
  Wine
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady
Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler
Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut
Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years, by Idries Shah

As long as I live I will eat and drink
The grief of loving You.
     I will never give it up to anyone
     Even when I am dead.

Tomorrow
At the Resurrection
     I will walk forward with this violent thirst
     Still storming my head.

 

 

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

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