#Rabia of Basra

[thoughtkick]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[perfectfeelings]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[quotefeeling]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[perfectquote]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[perfeqt]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[majestativa]

What is inside me, I don’t let out: What is outside me, I don’t let in.

— Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, (2003)

[thehopefulquotes]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[resqectable]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[be-a-muslim-1st]

[youtherthyf]

60s psychedlic posters for am assignment. 1st based on a poem by rumi, 2nd on rabia of basra

[surqrised]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[thoughtkick]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[gafiixe]

De algo estuve segura toda mi vida, de lo único que he podido tener un miedo inconsebible es de mi misma, soy capaz de hacer cosas casi que irremedibles es un estado profundo de ira.

Así que piénsalo dos veces antes de meterte conmigo y dañarme la mente hasta el punto de que desees nunca haberme conocido y preguntarte, ¿De verdad yo sentía amor por esa persona?, Porque créeme, cuando te sales de mi corazón, no me puede interesar nada que tenga que ver contigo y soy capaz de hacer que el karma actúe de manera instantánea hacia ti, no le tengo paciencia para que actúe cuando a él le de la gana, yo lo hago llegar antes

[quotefeeling]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

[livingpresence]

I only knew love when I knew love of Thee I sealed up my heart against Thy enemy

I stood long in converse with Thee, who doth see My heart's inner secrets, but Thou I don't see

My love is twin loves, yet the twain are for Thee The first's for Thy love, and the other's for Thee

And as for the first, which is love of Thy love: Remembrance complete, not distracted from Thee

And as for the second: my true love of Thee I see Thou as present in all that I see

All praise to Thy name, and no praises for me For Thine is the glory in all unity

'Araftul-hawā mudh 'araftu hawāk Wa-'aghlaqtu qalbī 'alā man 'ādāk

'Uḥibbuka ḥubbayni, ḥubba l-hawā Wa-ḥubban li-'annaka 'ahlu l-lidhāk

Fa-'amma l-ladhī huwa ḥubbul-hawā Fa-shughlī bitchdhikrika 'an man siwāk

Wa-'amma l-ladhī 'anta 'ahlu l-lahu Fa-lastu 'ara l-kawna ḥattā 'arāk

Fa-la l-ḥamdu fī dhā wa-lā dhāka lī Wa-lākin laka l-ḥamdu fī dhā wa-dhāk

— Poem by Rabi'a al-Basri, translated by Dr. Tim Winter for Sami Yusuf's composition "I Only Knew Love"

[perfeqt]

My body is covered with wounds this world made.

Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”