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Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

About Fakhruddin Iraqi

Timeline (? - 1289)

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English version by
William Chittick and Peter Lamborn Wilson

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

I want Union with Him

Themes

Freedom

Lover and Beloved

Separation

Recommended Books

	The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady
	Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes (Classics of Western Spirituality) , by William Chittick / Nasr Seyyed Hossein
	Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler
	Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

I want Union with Him
     He wants separation from me --
so I abandon my desire
     to His.

* * *

All the Beloved does
     is lovable.

So what can the poor lover do? What can he say except,

Searching for separation
     yearning for Union
I am free of both:
     Thy love suffices.

-- from Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes (Classics of Western Spirituality) , by William Chittick / Nasr Seyyed Hossein

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