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Poetry
Chaikhana
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About Imadeddin NasimiTimeline (1369? - 1418) |
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I take the Merciful Onešs shape, the Merciful I am.
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I take the Merciful One's shape, the Merciful I am.
The Spirit Absolute, the word of God and the Koran. I was the one who told the secret of the burning hills I was the bright fire's Abraham. I'm Moses and Imran. I'm Jesus, Alexander and the water that gives life. It's immortality I have, the source of life I am. I am the sea, its coast I am. I am the shell and the pearl. A pearl not only of the sea the ocean's pearl I am. I'm thought and beauty. I am attributes. I am desire. I am the portrait, and the lover charmed by it I am. I am the balm and doctor, the recovery and pain. The sufferer the relief of suffering I am. I am the Holy Book, its letters, he to whom God spoke. The word, the one who spoke it and the argument I am. The bearer of the cup I am, the wineseller, the drunk. The spring of Heaven, the winepourer, the wine and cup I am. I am much-repeated prayer. I am hypocrisy. I am the one-God faith and of that the flame I am. I am the Joy-provider, the All-merciful, the Wise. Beatitude, Eternity and Paradise I am. Know God, acknowledge him, Nesimi! You are mankind's son And I am he who did receive from God the name of man.
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