Islam

Shabistari, Secret Rose Garden, The Eye and the Lip

WHAT is the nature of the eye and the lip?
Let us consider.
Coquettish and intoxicating glances shine from
His eye.
The essence of existence issues from His ruby lip.
Hearts burn with desire because of His eye,
And are healed again by the smile of His lip.
Because of His eye hearts are aching and drunken.
His ruby lip gives soul-garments to men.
His eye does not perceive this visible world,
Yet often His lip quivers with compassion.

Source Shabistari, Gulshan-i Raz (Le Jardin secret des roses), trad. Florence Lederer (1920), archive.org secretrosegarden00shabiala (OCR corrigé) · Contents