Ayn al-Quzat : As long as I live

For more about the Persian Sufi, mathematician and jurist Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani (1098 – 1131 CE) see this earlier post.

As long as I live I will eat and drink
The grief of loving You.
     I will never give it up to anyone
     Even when I am dead.

Tomorrow
At the Resurrection
     I will walk forward with this violent thirst
     Still storming my head.

Translation Andrew Harvey


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