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My hearing, sight, my tongue and hand: all He

by Baba Afzal Kashani
(13th Century) Timeline

English version by
Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

My hearing, sight, my tongue and hand: all He.
Then I am not, for all that is, is He.
I think I am, and thought is but a dream.
When I awake, all that remains is He.

 

 

-- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady

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Themes

  Awakening
  Dream
  Sleep
  Sound
 


Recommended Books


The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady
The Heart of Islamic Philosophy: The Quest for Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal Al-Din Kashani, by William C. Chittick
Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

 

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