Table of Contents

Introduction
Historical Notes
Ghazal 1 Ghazal 2
Ghazal 3 Ghazal 4
Ghazal 5 Ghazal 6
Ghazal 7 Ghazal 8
Ghazal 9 Ghazal 10
Ghazal 11 Ghazal 12
Ghazal 13 Ghazal 14
Ghazal 15 Ghazal 16
Ghazal 17 Ghazal 18
Ghazal 19 Ghazal 20
Ghazal 21 Ghazal 22
Ghazal 23 Ghazal 24
Ghazal 25 Ghazal 26
Ghazal 27 Ghazal 28
Ghazal 29 Ghazal 30
Ghazal 31 Ghazal 32
Ghazal 33 Ghazal 34
Ghazal 35 Ghazal 36
Ghazal 37
First line index

Ghazal 1

The world is nothing but the birth of the beloved
without desire to see herself we ourselves would not exist

Each instant sings a song about living god knows why
absurd and meaningless awareness of insanity and wisdom

Claiming knowledge is wrong and gain through worship impossible
our world and our faith are the dregs of unknowing

Wherever the beloved has walked and shown us
the dust of her footprints are all we can hold

We have named the beloved and know we are loved
the back of heaven is bent to greet us


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