Your Favorite Poems

grenade · 10-06-2012, 12:00 PM

Ghazal

You with the dark burly hair and the breathtaking eyes,
your inquiring glance that leaves me undone.

Eyes that pierce and then withdraw like a blood-stained sword,
eyes with dagger lashes!
Zealots, you are mistaken - this is heaven.

Never mind those making promises of the afterlife:
join us now, righteous friends, in this intoxication.

Never mind the path to the Kaabah: sanctity resides in the heart.
Squander your life, suffer! God is right here.

Oh excruciating face! Continual light!
This is where I am thrilled, here, right here.

There is no book anywhere on the matter.
Only as soon as I see you do I understand.
If you wish to offer your beauty to God, give Zebunisso
a taste. Awaiting the tiniest morsel, she is right here.

Zebunisso (1639-1706)

10-06-2012, 12:00 PM	#11
grenade Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Full Flavor Femme Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,929 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,925 Thanked 8,058 Times in 2,121 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Ghazal You with the dark burly hair and the breathtaking eyes, your inquiring glance that leaves me undone. Eyes that pierce and then withdraw like a blood-stained sword, eyes with dagger lashes! Zealots, you are mistaken - this is heaven. Never mind those making promises of the afterlife: join us now, righteous friends, in this intoxication. Never mind the path to the Kaabah: sanctity resides in the heart. Squander your life, suffer! God is right here. Oh excruciating face! Continual light! This is where I am thrilled, here, right here. There is no book anywhere on the matter. *Only as soon as I see you do I understand.* If you wish to offer your beauty to God, give Zebunisso a taste. Awaiting the tiniest morsel, she is right here. Zebunisso (1639-1706)