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It speaks to me in the silence of this one
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by Fakhruddin Iraqi
(? - 1289) Timeline
English version by William Chittick and Peter Lamborn Wilson
Original Language Persian/Farsi
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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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