Nonexistence
by Ayn al-Qozat HamadaniEnglish version by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady
Original Language Persian/Farsi
Nonexistence
within existence
is my Rule
getting lost
in getting lost
my Religion.
-- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady |
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I like this terse poem by Hamadani.
A few lines of a wry word game is all it takes to point out how the illusion of separate, individual existence falls away in the deepest realization.
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