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Alone with the Beloved I have been:
A secret subtler than wind's lightest breath.

Ibn al- Farid
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My secret garden blossoms within
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Gates to my garden

Wrapped in obscurity

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Cloaked in multicoloured veils

White butterflies encircling

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Effacement

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The One who pollinates it

Extracts the Divine nectar

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The One who makes it blossom

Unwraps the mystery

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Unveils this mirror of His

Beauty

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Blossoms scattered by the wind

Petal by petal

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Torn apart by His gaze

Dissolved by the fragrant breeze of

His breath

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Subtle

Sublime

Serene

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Ya Latif! Ultuf bina...

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Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.

Yoshida Kenkō

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