Love is charity, and charity
is giving with nothing to gain.
Love is serenity, courage, wisdom,
the considerations of change.
Love is peace beyond understanding,
a song in the silence, a calm in the storm.
Love walks through the noisy street
and delights in being a part of it.
Love stands in an open field
and listens to the song.
While Reason digs for the secret, thou hast reached thy goal on the plain of Love.
– Sanai, ca. 1150 AD, tr. Major J. Stephenson, Hadiqa, 1911
While reason is still tracking down the secret, you end your quest on the open field of love.
– Sanai, tr. David Pendlebury, The Garden of Reality, 1976
from Walled Gardens
While Reason digs for the secret, thou hast reached thy goal on the plain of Love.
– Sanai, ca. 1150 AD, tr. Major J. Stephenson, Hadiqa, 1911
While reason is still tracking down the secret, you end your quest on the open field of love.
– Sanai, tr. David Pendlebury, The Garden of Reality, 1976
from Walled Gardens
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