Islam

Shabistari, Secret Rose Garden, The Gamble of the Self

Real prayer can only be yours
When you have staked and gambled yourself
away
And your essence is pure.
Then "a joy of the eyes" are your prayers
And no separation remains,
For knower and known are one and the same.

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