Leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies

Posted in Poetry by 10k films on December 16th, 2009

Man must be what he does not want to lose.
The sage is what he has. If you do not want to lose the fine pearl of heaven you must be it yourself.
-Angelus Silesius

If you want a glory that does not vanish, then do not glory in a glory that vanishes.
-Ahmad  Ibn ‘Ata Allah al-Iskandari

I abandoned and forgot myself,
laying my face on my Beloved;
all things ceased; I went out from myself,
leaving my cares
forgotten among the lilies.
-Saint John of the Cross

So Thou be sweet, let life run bitterly;
So Thou be pleased, let men be wroth with me;
So all things flourish between me and Thee,
Let all between me and the world in ruins be.
-Abu Firas al-Hamdani