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Sufi Masters

Sufi masters

Sufi masters are those

Whose spirits existed before the world .

Before the body. They lived many lifetimes.

Before seeds went into the ground. They harvested wheat.

Before there was an ocean . they strung pearls.

While the great meeting was going on about bringing .

Human beings into existence . they stood up to their chins.

In wisdom water when some of the angels opposed creation.

The Sufi sheikhs laughed and clapped among themselves.

When two of them meet. They are no longer two

They are one and six hundred thousand .

Before a mine is dug. They judge coins.

Before vineyards. they know the excitements to come

In July they feel December in unbroken sunlight .

They find shade. In Fana the state where all objects.

Dissolve . they recognize objects.

time

when I am with you. we stay up all night.
when you are not here . I can.t go to sleep

praise God for these two insomnias
and the difference between them.

اندم گه با تو باشم یگسال هست روی واندم که بی تو باشم یک روزهست سالی

the city of Saba

In the city of Saba there is no glut of wealth.
everyone has more than enough.
even the bathstokers wear gold belts.

huge grape clusters hang down on every street.
and brush the faces of the citizens.
no one has to anything.

you can balance an empty basket on your head.
and it will be itself.
with overripe fruit dropping into it.

stray doges stray in lanes.
full of thrown-out scraps with barely a notice.

the lean desert wolf gets indigestion.
from the rich food everyone is.
satiated with all the extera.

there are no robbers there is no energy.
for crime or for gratitude.
and no one wonders about the unseen world

this over-richness is a subtle disease.
those who have it are blind to what is wrong.
and deafe to any one who points it out.

the city of Saba cannot be understood.
frome within itself but there is a cure.
an individual medicine not a social remedy.

Sit quietly and listen for a voice.
that will say. Be more silent.....

who makes these changes?

who makes these changes?
I shoot an arrow right.
it lands left.
I ride after a deer
and find myself chased by a hog.
I plot to get what I want
and end up in prison.
I dig pits to trap others.
and fall in.
I should be suspicious .
of what I want

on resurrection day

on resurrection day your body testifies against you.
your hand says I stole money
your lips. i said meanness.
your feet i went where i shouldn,t.
your genitals me too.
they will make your praying sound hypocritical
let the body,s doing speak openly now.
without your saying a word.
as a student,s walking behind a teacher
says this one knows more clearly
than i the way

the cat and the meat

there was once a sneering wife
who ate all her husband brought home.
and lied about it
one day it was some lamb for a guest.
who was to come ;He had worked two hundred days/
in order to buy meat.
when he was away his wife cooked a kebab.
and ate it all with wine.
the husband returns with his guest.
the cat has eaten the meat. she said
buy more if you have any money left.
He asks a servant to bring the scales.
and the cat, the cat weighs three pounds. one ounce
if this is the cat where is the meat?
if this is the meat where is the cat?
start looking for one or the other.