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Swept Away

by Hamid al-Din Kirmani
(? - 1238) Timeline

English version by
David and Sabrineh Fideler

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

At first, the way of your love
seemed easy.

I thought I'd reach
your union
with speed.

After taking a few steps,
I found
the way
is an ocean.

When I stepped in,
a wave swept me away.

 

 

-- from Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

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Themes

  Lover and Beloved
  Water
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Hamid Al-Din Al-Kirmani: Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-Hakim, by Paul E. Walker
Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

 

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