Category: شیخ فرید الدین عطار نیشابوری

Bird Parliament Fariduddin Attar Translated By Edward FitzGerald Once on a time from all the Circles seven Between the stedfast Earth and rolling Heaven THE…

Biography Of Farid ud-Din Attar Farid ud-Din Attar was born in Nishapur, in what is today north-east Iran. There is disagreement over the exact dates…

What kind of pain is this that there is no cure for it And what kind of way is this that there is no end…

Mysticism The sun can only be seen by the light of the sun. The more a man or woman knows, the greater the bewilderment, the…

The angels have bowed down to you and drowned The angels have bowed down to you and drowned Your soul in Being, past all plummet’s…

The Birds Find Their King Once more they ventured from the Dust to raise Their Eyes — up to the Throne — into the Blaze,…

The Eternal Mirror Not You but I, have seen and been and wrought Who in your Fraction of Myself behold Myself within the Mirror Myself…

The angels have bowed down to you and drowned The angels have bowed down to you and drowned Your soul in Being, past all plummet’s…

YOUR HEART Plunge into the ocean of your heart, For there you’ll find the universe.

I shall grasp the soul’s skirt with my hand English version by Bernard Lewis I shall grasp the soul’s skirt with my hand and stamp…

A SHORELESS SEA The home we seek is in eternity; The Truth we seek is like a shoreless sea, Of which your paradise is but…

The peacock’s excuse Next came the peacock, splendidly arrayed In many-coloured pomp; this he displayed As if he were some proud, self-conscious bride Turning with…

THE SECRET OF YOUR EXISTENCE Strive to discover the mystery before life is taken from you. If while living you fail to find yourself, to…

SLANDER IN THE HEART A man rose up where Junaid (Junaid al-Baghdadi) was preaching and began to beg. “This man is perfectly healthy,” thought Junaid….

WHEN ONE IS BEING IGNORANT A certain young man was always speaking against Sufis. One day, Dhu Nun took the ring from his finger and…

BE WHOLE Be whole in desire and journey to the Whole.

SEPARATION FROM BELOVED Those who have not been separated from their Beloved will not understand my night without my love. Without my Beloved I was…

A dervish in ecstasy A frenzied dervish, mad with love for God, Sought out bare hills where none had ever trod. Wild leopards kept this…

The Birds Find Their King Once more they ventured from the Dust to raise Their Eyes — up to the Throne — into the Blaze,…

How long then will you seek for beauty here Seek the unseen, and beauty will appear. When the last veil is lifted neither men Nor…

The pilgrim sees no form but His and knows The pilgrim sees no form but His and knows That He subsists beneath all passing shows…

Look — I do nothing; He performs all deeds Look — I do nothing; He performs all deeds And He endures the pain when my…

FOR ALL IS GOD And as His Essence all the world pervades Naught in Creation is, save this alone. Upon the waters has He fixed…

PAIN AND MEDICINE The pain of love became the medicine for every heart, The difficulty could never be solved without love.

Invocation We are busy with the luxury of things. Their number and multiple faces bring To us confusion we call knowledge. Say: God created the…

WAS THE DOOR EVER CLOSED Your own heart is the living place of the Universe’s essence. Salih rahimahu Llah always told his students, If you…

God Speaks to David David was an open vessel, the light Poured into him. God’s words took flight In him and through him God said:…

WE WILL NOT BE FREE IF So long as we do not die to ourselves, and so long as we identify with someone or something,…

The Dullard Sage Lost in myself I reappeared I know not where a drop that rose from the sea and fell and dissolved again; a…

The Hawk He was a soldier with a soldier’s pride, This hawk, whose home was by a king’s side. He was haughty as his master,…

God Speaks to Moses One day God spoke to Moses and said: ‘Visit Satan, question him, use your head.’ So Moses descended to Hell’s burning…

NOTHING I know nothing, I understand nothing, I am unaware of myself. I am in love, but with whom I do not know. My heart…

The moths and the flame Moths gathered in a fluttering throng one night To learn the truth about the candle light, And they decided one…

The Vain Bird ‘You see I am vanity personified, Iblis watches over me night and day Thus I’m prescribed by him without a guide. I…

Mysticism English version by Coleman Barks The sun can only be seen by the light of the sun. The more a man or woman knows,…