Naked Elemental Structures

The Secret Rose Garden

This bouquet of scented blossoms
I have plucked from the garden,
And have called it "The Secret Rose Garden."
In it are blooming
Roses of the mysteries of the heart
Untold before;
In it the tongues of the lilies are all singing,
And the eyes of the narcissus behold all, far and near,
Gaze at each one of these with your heart's eyes
Till you doubts melt away
You will see tradition, earthly and mystical truths,
All arranged clearly in knowledge of .
detail.
Do not seek with cold eyes to find blemishes,
Or the roses will turn to thorns as you gaze.
Ingratitude is a sign of ignorance
For those who know the truth are thankful.
When you remember me, breathe "Mercy be upon him."
I am ending with my own name,
"O Lord, grant me a 'Lauded' end."


Written by: Sa'd Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari born at Shabistar, near Tabriz, about A.D. 1250.

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Take The Trouble

WHEN WE (ME) GO DEEP ENOUGH OR HIGH ENOUGH WE (ME) MEET
IT IS ONLY ON THE SURFACE THAT WE (ME) DIFFER AND SOMETIMES CLASH
TRUE, WE (ME) DO NOT ALWAYS FIND OUR WAY TO THE DEPTH OR THE HEIGHT
OR IS IT THAT WE (ME) DO NOT TAKE THE TROUBLE TO DO SO.........

WAS IT NOT WHILE WE (ME) BOTH WANTED TO TRANSCEND THAT WE (ME) DID MEET
IT WAS ONLY WHEN WE (ME) CAME BACK TO THE SURFACE DID WE DIFFER & CLASH
FALSE, WE (ME) DID FIND FOR ALWAYS THE WAY TO THE DEPTH OR THE HEIGHT
BUT WE (ME) DO NOT TAKE THE TROUBLE ANYMORE.............

written date: 17 June 2007: 12:21

Must We Endlessly Drift Terminally............

What has one conquered thus
is one become the warrior
In the time away in the absence
what war has been lost
What piece of peace is won
did she begin to teach
Or has he only started to heal
the journey is long & lone
And in it there is no time
0nly the space to be in existence
Is the one sober
0r is it just a hangover
Is the whirling to a mother of storms to an ocean of wine
0r covered with thorns with red roses in a garden
Has he to you begun a stranger
when did he loose his way home in the drunkeness
What is the intoxication
that takes him afar & there
Or is one near but only a distant star
the separation is inspirational
There is an implosion from with out
that gives existence to (my) humility

Must we endlessly drift terminally.............

written date: 26 July 2007: 17:06 ....