Bob Dylan
Father of night, Father of dayFather, who taketh the darkness awayFather, who teacheth the bird to flyBuilder of rainbows up in the sky
George Harrison
Mawlana Rumi
Traditional Sufi saying (author unknown)
Whoever is taught the mysteries of God,His mouth has become sealed and his lips sewn
Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli
Dhu’n Nun
amütu wa må måtat ilayka sabåbati
I may die, but my passion for You does not die
Shaykh Abu Sa’id ibn Abi’l-Khayr
Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
Sometimes I get tired of all this talk about Godand I just want to go and sit under a tree
but then the tree starts talking to me about Godand we find ourselves in another conversation
Yusuf Misdaq
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Sometimes I stare out into an expansive skyAnd see perfect summer trees with the sun inside them And these things, they beat me
I am a new immigrant on this dandelion orb: Earth
‘Step lightly’ is what my instinct tells me
I feel the danger in the gentle spring breeze