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Muslim / Sufi
Jewish
17th Century

About Sarmad

Timeline (? - 1659)

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English version by
Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
The universe

Themes
  Pain and Wounding
  Spring Blossom
  Water
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady
Sarmad the Saint, by M. G. Gupta
Sarmad: Jewish Saint of India, by Isaac A. Ezekiel
Sarmad: Martyr to Love Divine, by Isaac A. Ezekiel

The universe
     is a kaleidoscope:
now hopelessness, now hope
     now spring, now fall.
Forget its ups and downs:
     do not vex yourself:
The remedy for pain
     is the pain.

 

 

-- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady

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