Fakhruddin Iraqi: O saki, fill a cup
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Photo: Ramallah woman in embroidered costume (1898-1914).
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O saki, fill a cup
with that wine:
my heart, my religion
my sweet life.
Can drinking be my liturgy?
Then my Faith
will be to sip the Beloved
from this chalice.
(Fakhruddin Iraqi)
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Recommended Reading:
'Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes'
By Fakhruddin Iraqi (Author), Peter Wilson (Translator), William Chittick (Translator)
Purchase Book:
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Description:
One of the foremost expositors of Sufi teachings, Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213-1289) was one of the greatest of Persian poets. His masterpiece, Divine Flashes, is a classic expression of Sufi love mysticism.
'Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes'
By Fakhruddin Iraqi (Author), Peter Wilson (Translator), William Chittick (Translator)
Purchase Book:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Description:
One of the foremost expositors of Sufi teachings, Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213-1289) was one of the greatest of Persian poets. His masterpiece, Divine Flashes, is a classic expression of Sufi love mysticism.
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