Islamic Poetry - Volume 1 - The Mystics

By Farid ud-Din Attar, Hafiz and Jalaluddin Rumi

Islam is one of the world’s great religions and over the centuries one of its strongest voices. For Peace. For Tolerance. For the realisation that we are all in this World together. Whatever our individual beliefs much of its teachings are wise words for all of us.

As Islam moved from its Arabian heartland to a wider geographic area so its core message remained albeit adapted to different lands, to different ears. Poets were ever eager to provide an alternate way of delivering the ‘message’ in beautiful verse. Their simplicity was embracing, their ornateness a humble offering to greater forces.

The poems here are both profound and wide-ranging. They give verse to thoughts that still preoccupy mankind as central to their message is love. Civilisations may come and go, rise and fade, but culture and its arts linger on in oral histories and the written word.

The contribution of these Mystic or Sufi poets comes in many forms. They view the world in ways that give us pause to reconsider our own. Obviously, translations come in many shades and hues and even if the translator colours the original meaning of the poem, the essential truths remain.

In this volume we have gathered many of the most celebrated of these ancient and classical verses by poets of the caliber and brilliance of Rumi, Kabir, Hafiz and others. Their wise words illuminate much of what we search for.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Portable Poetry
• Release date: Nov 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781835470756

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Islamic Poetry

Volume 1 - The Mystics

Islam is one of the world’s great religions and over the centuries one of its strongest voices.  For Peace. For Tolerance.  For the realisation that we are all in this World together.  Whatever our individual beliefs much of its teachings are wise words for all of us.

As Islam moved from its Arabian heartland to a wider geographic area so its core message remained albeit adapted to different lands, to different ears. Poets were ever eager to provide an alternate way of delivering the ‘message’ in beautiful verse.  Their simplicity was embracing, their ornateness a humble offering to greater forces.

The poems here are both profound and wide-ranging.   They give verse to thoughts that still preoccupy mankind as central to their message is love. Civilisations may come and go, rise and fade, but culture and its arts linger on in oral histories and the written word.

The contribution of these Mystic or Sufi poets comes in many forms.  They view the world in ways that give us pause to reconsider our own.   Obviously, translations come in many shades and hues and even if the translator colours the original meaning of the poem, the essential truths remain.

In this volume we have gathered many of the most celebrated of these ancient and classical verses by poets of the caliber and brilliance of Rumi, Kabir, Hafiz and others. Their wise words illuminate much of what we search for.  

Index of Contents

With My Very Own Hands by Ibn Arabi

Fire by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi

An Ocean Without Shore by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi

Awareness Is Rapture by Abdullah Ansari

I Came by Abdullah Ansari

All Pervading Consciousness by Farid ud-Din Attar

Intoxicated By the Wine of Love by Farid ud-Din Attar

Kalam - I by Sultan Bahu

The City of Baghdad by Sultan Bahu

Kafi 18 by Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Beauty of Truth by Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Arise O Cup-Bearer by Hafiz

Stop Being So Religious by Hafiz

Singer Sweet Singer by Hafiz

The Lute Will Beg by Hafiz

Slaves of Thy Shining Eyes by Hafiz

I Do Not Cease Swimming by Mansur Al Hallaj

Your Image Is In My Eye by Mansur Al Hallaj

Thy Spirit Is Mingled In My Spirit by Mansur Al Hallaj

All Jewels by Kabir

All Things Are Created by the Om by Kabir

My Body and My Mind by Kabir

Song 49 - That Which You See is Not by Kabir

To Be A Slave of Intensity by Kabir

My Rest is in My Solitude by Rabia al Basri

Dream Fable by Rabia al Basri

In Love by Rabia al Basri

In My Soul by Rabia al Basri

Your Hope is My Heart by Rabia al Basri

You Who Are My Soul's Repose by Jalaluddin Rumi

Only Breath by Jalaluddin Rumi

A World with No Boundaries by Jalaluddin Rumi

Your Grief For What You've Lost Holds A Mirror by Rumi

Till Man Destroys Self by Rumi

Oh Lovers by Jalaluddin Rumi

On the Excellence of Learning by Sa'adi

Description of Humility by Sa'adi

One Body by Saadi

The Walled Garden of Truth by Sanai Ghaznavi

Who Attains The Secret of Unity. From the Mystic Rose Garden by Mahmud Shabistari

Why Call They A Creature United. From the Mystic Rose Garden by Mahmud Shabistari

Wind Blew! The Sand Enveloped the Body by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

If You Are Seeking Allah by Shah