Sa'di: In Love

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In Love

Sa'di, Sa'di poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Sa'di
(1207? - 1291) Timeline

English version by
Mahmood Jamal

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

In Love there are no days or nights,
For lovers it is all the same.
The musicians have gone, yet the Sufis listen;
In Love there is a beginning but no end.
Each has a name for his Beloved,
But for me my Beloved is nameless.
Sa'di, if you destroy an idol,
Then destroy the idol of the self.

1258

-- from Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal

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Themes

Lover and Beloved

Sound

Recommended Books

	The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick
	Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal
	The Mystics of Islam, by Reynold A. Nicholson
	Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

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