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Poems from Sulamith by Frithjof Schuon.
(Original German text published: Bern, Switzerland: Urs-Graf-Verlag, 1947.)
Love is strong as death
(The Song of Songs)
Amore e 'l cuor gentil sono una cosa
Love is but one thing with the gentle
heart.
(Dante, La Vita
Nuova)
Der
Garten (The Garden)
Du
bist das Lied (Thou Art the Song)
Ich
will Dir singen (I Will Sing to Thee)
Im
Monde Schimmern (In the Moon Shall Shimmer)
Der
See (The Lake)
Sinnbild
(Symbol)
Der
Strom (The Stream)
Die
Insel (The Island)
Das Meer (The
Sea)
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Painting by Schuon, 1934
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"Behold, We sent it down on the Night of
Power;
And what shall teach thee what is the Night of Power?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand
months."
(Qur’ân,
97:1-3)
"...the month
of Ramadân, wherein the Qur’ân was sent down..."
(Qur’ân, 2:185)