... If you suffer a hundred thousand afflictions on the path of love, have reverence, and respect the Friend’s sanctity; do not breathe a word of complaint ...
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... The secret, which I’ve never told anyone, and will never share with anyone; I shall reveal to the Friend – my only confidant ...
How lovely, how beautiful Your face! What coyness lies in those eyes and eyebrows! Once I saw Your ...
One should not sit still, one must embark on the quest, to the deep ocean within, to the depths of being, where precious pearls are found, truth is there, beauty is there, love is there ...
... If You don’t give me wine, I will not complain. If You pour me some, I will be the goblet ...
The chirping of a little bird flying overhead, suddenly broke my train of chaotic and agitated thoughts ...
Lilies grow in swamps and love appears in the ruins; wine simmers in vats and hearts churn in the presence of the precious ones ...
I can live without others, but I cannot go on without you. My heart yearns for you, it cannot go anywhere else...
Do you know that without you I have no news? There is no fire in my heart, and no fervor or commotion ...
... I have come to break idols, and to break into song of love to prostrate myself before You, and to fill my chest with fire ...
From pre- to post-eternity is but a single breath, a breath free of all these high and low melodies ...
... Believe me when I tell You that I am bewildered — O my existence, without You I am less than nothing ...
