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The gnostics' hearts with eyes are blest

by Sahl al- Tustari
(818? - 896) Timeline

English version by
Martin Lings

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
Muslim / Sufi
9th Century

The gnostics' hearts with eyes are blest
That see what other see'ers see not;
And tongues whose discourse is of secrets
Beyond the recording angels' ken,
And wings that all unfeathered fly
To His dominion, Lord of the Worlds.
We have inherited the draught,
Sciences of hidden secret,
Rarer than all lore of old.
Their samples speak for them as signs
And nullify impostors' claims.

 

 

 

Themes

  Heart
 
 
 
 


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Sufi Poems: A Mediaeval Anthology, Translated by Martin Lings

 

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