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The River of Love

Amir Khusrow Dehlawi, Amir Khusrow Dehlawi poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by Amir Khusrow Dehlawi
(1253 - 1325) Timeline

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

Khusro! the river of love has a reverse flow
He who enters will drown, he who drowns will get across.

 

 

 

Themes

  Lover and Beloved
  Water
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal

 

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