Empty me !...

y Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
(1006 - 1088) Timeline

English version by
Andrew Harvey

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi
11th Century

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Lord, send me staggering with the wine
Of Your love!

Ring my feet
With the chains of Your slavery!

Empty me of everything but Your love

And in it destroy and resurrect me!

Any hunger You awaken

Can only end in Feast!.....