Tuesday, May 17, 2011

We were letters -- lofty & unlipped, set
atop the apex's highest alp, where

I was you & we was you, you he & All
in he he; ask any who once passed through.

Ibn Arabi


كُنَّا حُروفاً عالياتٍ لمْ نُقلْ
مُتعلِّقاتٍ في ذُرَى أعلى القُلَلْ

أَنَا أَنْتَ فيهِ وَنَحنُ أَنْتَ وأَنْتَ هُوْ
والكلُّ في هو هُوْ فَسلْ عَمَّنْ وَصَلْ

ابن عربي