My Lord

Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting.

Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests,

Of monsters in the ocean.

You are the Just who knows no change,

The Balance that can never swerve,

The Eternal which never passes away.

The doors of Kings are bolted now and guarded by soldiers.

Your Door is open to all who call upon You.

My Lord,

Each love is now alone with his beloved.

And I am alone with You. 

Rabia al Basri

Hazrat Rabbia Basri Rahmatullahe alayha is one of the earliest mystic saints of Islam. She left her worldly life and devoted herself for Allah (swt) in Islam. She was a Muslim Saint and a Sufi Mystic (717–801 C.E.)

Read more »

Hafiz-Some Fill With Each Good Rain

There are different wells within your heart.

Some fill with each good rain,

Others are far too deep for that.

In one well

You have just a few precious cups of water,

That “love” is literally something of yourself,

It can grow as slow as a diamond

If it is lost.

Your love

Should never be offered to the mouth of a

Stranger,

Only to someone

Who has the valor and daring

To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife

Then weave them into a blanket

To protect you.

There are different wells within us.

Some fill with each good rain,

Others are far, far too deep

For that.

Read more »

Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya

One of the most famous Islamic mystics was a woman: Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (c.717-801). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis, who in turn deeply influenced the European mystical love and troubadour traditions.  Rabi'a was a woman of Basra, a seaport in southern Iraq.  She was born around 717 and died in 801 (185-186).

by Rabia al Basri

I have loved Thee with two loves -

a selfish love and a love that is worthy of Thee.

As for the love which is selfish,

Therein I occupy myself with Thee,

to the exclusion of all others.

But in the love which is worthy of Thee,

Thou dost raise the veil that I may see Thee.

Yet is the praise not mine in this or that,

But the praise is to Thee in both that and this. 

another translation:

I have two ways of loving You:

A selfish one

And another way that is worthy of You.

In my selfish love, I remember You and You alone.

In that other love, You lift the veil

And let me feast my eyes on Your Living Face.

My Beloved

My peace, O my brothers and sisters, is my solitude,

And my Beloved is with me always,

For His love I can find no substitute,

And His love is the test for me among mortal beings,

Whenever His Beauty I may contemplate,

He is my "mihrab", towards Him is my "qiblah"

If I die of love, before completing satisfaction,

Alas, for my anxiety in the world, alas for my distress,

O Healer (of souls) the heart feeds upon its desire,

The striving after union with Thee has healed my soul,

O my Joy and my Life abidingly,

You were the source of my life and from Thee also came my ecstasy.

I have separated myself from all created beings,

My hope is for union with Thee, for that is the goal of my desire.

Read more »

Hafiz Poem ( Sufi Mystic)
 A Tethered Falcon 

My heart sits on the Arm of God

Like a tethered falcon Suddenly unhooded.

I am now blessedly crazed

Because my Master’s Astounding Effulgence is in constant view.

My piercing eyes, which have searched every world

For Tenderness and Love, 

Now lock on the Royal Target 

The Wild Holy One 

Whose Beauty Illuminates Existence.

My soul endures a magnificent longing.

I am a tethered falcon

With great wings and sharp talons poised,

Every sinew taut, like a Sacred Bow,

Quivering at the edge of my Self

And Eternal Freedom,

Though still held in check By a miraculous

Divine Golden Cord.

Beloved, I am waiting for You to free me 

Into Your Mind and Infinite Being.

I am pleading in an absolute helplessness

To hear, finally, your Words of Grace:

Fly! Fly into Me!

Poetry by Hafiz 

http://yaallahoo.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/hafiz-a-tethered-falcon/

Read more »