Abu Said Sufi Poetry - Beloved

Know, the true nature of your Beloved.
In His loving eyes, your every thought,
Word and movement is always –
Always Beautiful.
~ Hafiz

Sufi Poetry

Beloved

When we were asleep in the non-existence of before
the beginning,
before the coming of the regions,
before the erection of this turquoise-domed palace
of heavens,
Your lovers were seared by Your firebrand
in absentia, Beloved.

– Shaykh Abu Said Abul-Khayr.

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From the Book, ‘Nobody, Son of Nobody, Poems of Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir’, translated by Vraje Abramian.

Shaykh Abu Said Abul-Khayr was born in 967 (357 A.H.) in Mayhana in modern day Turkmenistan, near the Iranian border. Shaykh Abu Said acquired widespread fame throughout Khorasan and beyond, for his flamboyant personality, his teaching and in particular for his high spiritual station which manifested itself through a clear display of miraculous powers.

Know, the true nature of your Beloved. In His loving eyes, your every thought, Word and movement is always – Always Beautiful.~ Hafiz

Sufi Poetry

Beloved

When we were asleep in the non-existence of before the beginning, before the coming of the regions, before the erection of this turquoise-domed palace of heavens, Your lovers were seared by Your firebrand in absentia, Beloved.

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Know, the true nature of your Beloved.
In His loving eyes, your every thought,
Word and movement is always –
Always Beautiful.
~ Hafiz

When we were asleep in the non-existence of before
the beginning,
before the coming of the regions,
before the erection of this turquoise-domed palace
of heavens,
Your lovers were seared by Your firebrand
in absentia, Beloved.