If you are elated by the Divine
by Farid ud-Din AttarEnglish version by Sholeh Wolpé
Original Language Persian/Farsi
If you are elated by the Divine
even for a moment, the world grows
too small to contain you.
A heart made glad by the Almighty
vanishes from the world, freed.
Celebrate that eternal Friend;
don't stay in your skin like an ephemeral flower.
Go on, break out of your mortality.
-- from The Conferences of the Birds, by Attar / Translated by Sholeh Wolpé |
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