VALLEY OF LOVE
VALLEY OF LOVE
Loves valley is the next and here desire
Will plunge the pilgrim into seas of fire,
until his very being is inflamed
And those whom fire rejects turn back ashamed.
The lover is a man who flares and burns,
Whose face is fevered, who in frensy yearns, ......
The Conference of the Birds, Farid ud-din Attar 12c Pers. Trs by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis, 1984, Great Book. Great book, see
http://us.penguinclassics.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,10_0140444343,00.html
For the story see
http://www.pangeaworldtheater.org/COB/story.html
See also Book "Seven Valleys" by Baha'u'llah
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SVFV/
posted by Unknown @ 1/13/2005 07:15:00 am
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