Such beauty has come to us That all the world is lit by its splendor tonight by Attar

Such beauty has come to us
That all the world is lit by its splendor tonight

We do not need the light of candles or of the moon
Or of the evening star tonight

I will not welcome the dawn
For a gentle friend has come tonight

Nothing can come between us
For we are sheltered by the darkness tonight

Let the musicians play their songs of love
And of praise tonight...!

~ Attar

If you are a man of the Path....by Attar

When in chain, a chain breaker one must be.
Having lost the way, a road guide one must be.

In one moment, a thousand years one must live.
In one instant, a thousand places one must be.

If you are a man of the Path, through blood you must walk.
And if your feet collapse, on you head you must walk.

Plant your step on the road and ask nothing.
For the road itself will tell you how you must walk.

~ Attar Nishaburi

The fire of Your Love...by Attar

The fire of Your Love is best inside the soul;
And the soul burning with Your Love is best of all.

One who has tasted a drop of Your wine today
Is happy drunk and dazed till judgment day.

When You came to be, I was hidden;
In the Beloved’s presence, it was best not to be.

Give me pain, and cure me not of my Love,
‘Cause Your pain is better than any balm.

Since none hope to meet You in this life,
This hopeless search for You is best of all.

Without You, I am witness to dry autumn.
In such an eye, the rain of tears is best of all.

Like a candle in separation from You,
It’s best that Attar weeps all night.

~ Attar

Lost in myself...! by Attar

Lost in myself
I reappeared..

I know not where
a drop that rose
from the sea and fell
and dissolved again;

a shadow
that stretched itself out
at dawn,
when the sun
reached noon
I disappeared.

I have no news
of my coming
or passing away--
the whole thing
happened quicker
than a breath;

ask no questions
of the moth.
In the candle flame
of his face
I have forgotten
all the answers.

In the way of love
there must be knowledge
and ignorance
so I have become
both a dullard
and a sage;

one must be
an eye and yet
not see
so I am blind
and yet I still
perceive,

Dust
be on my head
if I can say
where I
in bewilderment
have wandered:

Attar
watched his heart
transcend both worlds
and under its shadow
now is gone mad
with love.

~ Attar

How long then will you seek for beauty here?..........by Attar

How long then
will you seek for beauty here?

Seek the unseen,
and beauty will appear.

When the last veil is lifted
neither men
Nor all their glory
will be seen again,

The universe will fade -- this mighty show
In all its majesty and pomp will go,

And those who loved appearances
will prove
Each other's enemies
and forfeit love,

While those who loved the absent, unseen Friend
Will enter that pure love which knows no end.
~ Attar