Sufi Poetry

One Day

One day He did not leave after
kissing
me.

 

From ‘Love Poems from God’ by Daniel Ladinsky.

Rabia al-Adawiyyah of Basra, Iraq was a famous Sufi Saint, who was noted for her asceticism and many legends have been told about her life. Her concept of Divine Love was that God should be loved for His own sake and not out of fear.