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Rabia al Basri (717 - 801 / Basra / Iraq)
Poems of Rabia al Basri
| 1. | Die Before You Die | 5/8/2012 |
| 2. | Dream Fable | 1/1/2004 |
| 3. | If I Adore You | 5/8/2012 |
| 4. | In My Soul | 5/8/2012 |
| 5. | Love | 5/8/2012 |
| 6. | My Beloved | 1/1/2004 |
| 7. | My God and My Lord | 5/8/2012 |
| 8. | My Greatest Need is You | 1/1/2004 |
| 9. | Reality | 1/1/2004 |
| 10. | Take Away The Words Of The Devil | 5/8/2012 |
| 11. | The Holy Water | 5/8/2012 |
| 12. | With My Beloved | 5/8/2012 |
Love
I have loved Thee with two loves -
a selfish love and a love that is worthy of Thee.
As for the love which is selfish,
Therein I occupy myself with Thee,
to the exclusion of all others.
But in the love which is worthy of Thee,
Thou dost raise the veil that I may see Thee.
Yet is the praise not mine in this or that,
But the praise is to Thee in both that and this.
