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Invisible Caravans

by Muhammad Shirin Maghribi
(1349 - 1406) Timeline

English version by
David & Sabrineh Fideler
Muslim / Sufi
14th Century

Love's concert is calling,
but the flute can't be seen.

The drunks are in sight,
but the wine can't be seen.

Hundreds of caravans
have passed
this very way --

Don't be surprised
if their trace can't be seen.

 

 

-- from Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

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Themes

  Flute
  Wine
 
 
 


Recommended Books


A Critical Edition of the Divan of Muhammad Shirin Maghribi, by Leonard Lewisohn
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal
Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

 

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