I carry a torch in one hand
by Rabia al-Basri (Rabia al- Adawiyya)English version by Charles Upton
Original Language Persian/Farsi
I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water in the other:
With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven
And put out the flames of Hell
So that voyagers to God can rip the veils
And see the real goal.
 | -- from Women in Sufism: A Hidden Treasure - Writings and Stories of Mystics Poets, Scholars & Saints, Edited by Camille Adams Helminski |
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