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Muslim / Sufi
14th Century

About Ala al-Dawla Simnani

Timeline (? - 1336)

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English version by
David and Sabrineh Fideler

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

What Was

Themes
  Lover and Beloved
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler
The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of 'Ala' Ad-Dawla As-Simnani, by Jamal J. Elias

Once I was here,
but now "I" am not:

If there's really a "me,"
     it could only be you.

If any robe warms
and encompasses me now,
that very robe --
     it could only be you.

In the way of your love,
nothing was left --
neither body nor soul.

If I have any body --
If I have any soul --
then, without question,
     it could only be you.

 

 

-- from Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

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