By day I praised You
by Fakhruddin IraqiEnglish version by William Chittick and Peter Lamborn Wilson
Original Language Persian/Farsi
By day I praised You
but never knew it;
by night slept with You
without realizing;
fancying myself
to be myself;
but now, I was You
and never knew it.
-- from Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes (Classics of Western Spirituality) , Translated by William Chittick / Translated by Nasr Seyyed Hossein |
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