If I Adore You Poem by Rabia Al Basri
If I Adore You
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If I adore You out of fear of Hell, burn me in Hell!
If I adore you out of desire for Paradise,
Lock me out of Paradise.
But if I adore you for Yourself alone,
Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty.
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From: Doorkeeper of the heart: versions of Rabia / [translated by] Charles Upton. Putney, Vt.: Threshold Books, c1988
Taken from Other Women's Voices
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4/18/2024 7:01:31 AM # 1.0.0.1119
But if I adore you for Yourself alone, Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty. i love you for you alone my God. soo nice and mystical thought. tony