Soul-fish swimming in God-Ocean

this soul-fish swimsin the God-Oceanand keeps wondering:'where is thisancient, nostalgicthirst of watercoming from?!'the lover dogs of Godare howling all alongsince the time of separation.remain...

darshan

it's midnight here,and your forehead shineswith dawn's mystery.in your secret garden as you take delightlooking at the beauty stamped upon the flowers,each flower sighs with strange longingwhile upon...

There is Zen, Here is Sufi

The body is like a bodhi treeAnd the mind a bright mirror.Carefully polished it clean ever day,And let no dust alight.- Shenxiu (605-706),The zen student of fifth patriarch Hongren (601-674)| from '...

Sufi Poetry Carnival, 2nd Edition| Knocking From Inside

God hath treasures beneath the Throne,the keys whereof are the tongues of poets.Some poetry containeth much wisdom;Some poetry is dressed in knowledge and art.- Sayings of Holy Prophet Muhammad,...

God Speaks to the Soul| Mechthild of Magdeburg

And God said to the soul:"I desired you before the world began.I desire you now,As you desire me."And where the desires of twocome together,There love is perfected.- Mystic Mechthild of...