Allspirit Poetry

Selections from the spiritual poetry of Rabi'a

With My Beloved Alone

 

With my Beloved I alone have been, 
When secrets tenderer than evening airs  
Passed, and the Vision blest  
Was granted to my prayers,  
That crowned me, else obscure, with endless fame;  
The while amazed between  
His Beauty and His Majesty  
I stood in silent ecstasy  
Revealing that which o'er my spirit went and came.  
Lo, in His face commingled  
Is every charm and grace;  
The whole of Beauty singled  
Into a perfect face  
Beholding Him would cry,  
'There is no God but He, and He is the most High.' 

Translator unknown 

Index of Rabia Poems