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Poetry
Chaikhana
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About Fakhruddin IraqiTimeline (? - 1289) |
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English version by Original Language |
It speaks to me in the silence of this one
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It speaks to me in the silence of this one
then through the words of that one speaking; it whispers to me through an eyebrow raised and the message of an eye winking. And do you know what words it breathes into my ear? It says, "I am Love: in heaven and earth I have no place; I am the Wondrous Phoenix whose spoor cannot be traced. With eyebrow-bow and arrow-winks I hunt both worlds -- and yet my weapons cannot be found. Like the sun I brighten each atom's cheek; I cannot be pinpointed: I am too manifest. I speak with every tongue, listen with all ears, but marvel at this: My ears and tongue are erased. Since in all the world only I exist above and below, no likeness of me can be found."
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