Once there came to the court of the Prince of Birkasha a dancer with her musicians. And she was admitted to the court, and she danced before the prince to the music the lute and the flu...
And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, “Bl… And he answered, Was it I who spo… Then he descended the steps of the… And facing the people again, he ra…
The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken remnants of lightning, but now silence prevailed...
Pleasure is a freedom—song, But i… It is the blossoming of your desir… But it is not their fruit. It is a depth calling unto a heigh… But it is not space encompassed.
In the depth of my soul there is A wordless song —a song that lives In the seed of my heart. It refuses to melt with ink on Parchment; it engulfs my affection
As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flowers, I sat under the trees pondering upon the phenomena of the atmosphere, looking through ...
Leave me, my blamer, For the sake of the love Which unites your soul with That of your beloved one; For the sake of that which
Upon a lonely mountain, there live… and loved one another. Now these two hermits had one eart… possession. One day an evil spirit entered int…
There was a Christian bishop in h… And the bishop looked upon the wom… And even as he spoke a bolt from t… And the men of the city came runni…
One day in the late part of June, as the people left the city for the mountain to avoid the heat of summer, I went as usual to the temple to meet Selma, carrying with me a little book o...
No man can reveal to you aught but… The teacher who walks in the shado… If he is indeed wise he does not b… The astronomer may speak to you of… The musician may sing to you of th…
Where shall you seek beauty, and h… And how shall you speak of her exc… The aggrieved and the injured say,… Like a young mother half—shy of he… And the passionate say, “Nay, bea…
Love has no other desire but to fu… But if your love and must needs ha… Let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running broo… That sings its melody to the night…
Everything that a man does secretly in the darkness of night will be clearly revealed in the daylight. Words uttered in privacy will become unexpectedly common conversation. Deed which ...
Where are you, my beloved? Are yo… Paradise, watering the flowers who… As infants look upon the breast of… Or are you in your chamber where t… Virtue has been placed in your hon…