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“How can love thrive In hearts impoverished and half
“How can love thrive In hearts impoverished and half alive? ‘Beggars’, you say -- such niggling poverty Will not encourage truth or charity. An ...

Ayaz’s sickness Ayaz, afflicted with the Evil Eye, Fell ill. For
Ayaz’s sickness Ayaz, afflicted with the Evil Eye, Fell ill. For safety he was forced to lie Sequestered from the court, in loneliness. The king (wh...

I do not fear myth or Satan, Nor blasphemy nor faith, Nor flames
I do not fear myth or Satan, Nor blasphemy nor faith, Nor flames nor separation, Nor tomorrow nor death, Nor drinking from the cup of wine. I know Go...

Taqwa (god-consciousness) is the key to every success and a relief
Taqwa (god-consciousness) is the key to every success and a relief from every difficulty. (وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّـهَ يَجْعَل ...

Again HE has sky set over us, For re-sending His rainy
Again HE has sky set over us, For re-sending His rainy season; Lighting are flashing about See the clouds in every direction;; Some are hurring to Ist...

I knocked on heart’s door, for heart I crave Came, "who knocks?"
I knocked on heart’s door, for heart I crave Came, "who knocks?" I said, "heart’s slave!" The bright beams of love shone through the door’s crac...

O friend of mine, O friend of mine, O heedless lovely dread of
O friend of mine, O friend of mine, O heedless lovely dread of mine Compassionate unwed of mine Thy grace, worrisome head of mine. Most welcome is th...

A king questions a sufi A ragged pilgrim of the sufis’ Way By
A king questions a sufi A ragged pilgrim of the sufis’ Way By chance met with a king, and heard him say: ‘Who’s better, me or you?’ The old ma...