Attar : Mystic Silence

For some background on the 12th c. Persian Sufi poet Fariduddin Attar, see this post.

From each, Love demands a mystic silence. 
What do all seek so earnestly? Tis Love. 
Love is the subject of their inmost thoughts, 
In Love no longer “Thou” and “I” exist, 
For self has passed away in the Beloved. 
Now will I draw aside the veil from Love, 
And in the temple of mine inmost soul 
Behold the Friend, Incomparable Love. 
He who would know the secret of both worlds 
Will find that the secret of them both is Love.

Translation James Fadiman & Robert Frager

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