This Choir
So amazing this choir of
socks, shoes, shirt, skirt, undergarments,
earth, sky, suns, and
moons.
No wonder I too, now,
sing all
day.
So amazing this choir of
socks, shoes, shirt, skirt, undergarments,
earth, sky, suns, and
moons.
No wonder I too, now,
sing all
day.
-Rabia
Rabia of Basra (c. 717-801) is most influential of female Islamic saints and a central figure in the Sufi tradition. Born nearly 500 yrs before Rumi, and influenced him greatly.
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