Category Archives: english language ghazals

Odin of blue-grey cloak trades one eye for drink, and his One eye shines like the Sun, never to blink. He travels all the nine worlds like his own backyard: two ravens, thought and memory, are his vanguard. On the … Continue reading →

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The Prophet smiles at all the warring tribes, even though ridiculed by their many jibes. Christ laughs at the crown of thorns on his head: because of Mercy, he has only grace to shed. Majnun cried and cried for his … Continue reading →

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All the world longs for the Friend to appear, all the world sighs to hold him close and dear. All the lambent light playing on his pale face the world longs to touch and kiss as pure grace. All the … Continue reading →

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Meher means the Sun who is the eternal Friend: he is pure radiance whom mercy and grace attend. The recurring advent of the glorious Avatar dawns again and again as beauty’s rising star. Now is the spilling Rose fragrant in … Continue reading →

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Our way is full of cry and petition for yet more wine- how else can the rend of love street achieve his ruin? We have no greater trust than in the master’s glance; we did not stumble this way on … Continue reading →

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Don’t think for a moment that God does not hear your prayer- his answer lies in the anguish that only patient love can bear. It’s a rough road to crawl and crawl to the feet of the Friend when the broken … Continue reading →

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The world O the world a can full of lively worm, wriggling for spirit to attain at last perfect form. Man, at last, no more a wriggling worm, but aghast at nascent mind crawling through mud to speak, at last. … Continue reading →

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Now is the time of the Prophet of Light’s return; Zarathustra will bring this Age of Iron to an end. Rama, prince of virtue crowned as the Solar King will again slay the dark rapacious lord and fiend. Now is … Continue reading →

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The light of his eyes kindles in my heart a flame, which I nurture with the breath of his holy name. This body is the alembic from which spirit rises and rises to condense and fall in shame. Millions of … Continue reading →

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