Ayn al-Quzat : Within the eye of the eye

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

Within the eye of the eye
     I placed an eye
          polished and adorned
               with her beauty
but suddenly fell
     into the Quarter of Perfection
          and now am freed from sight,
               from even the eye of contemplation.

Translation Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady


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