Best Ibn Poems

Wallada, oh my Wallada, come back to me
I write for you my poetry in pain
Once you loved me, my world, you see?
I never sought for you in vain
My lips on yours, our love wrote poetry...
My love, what have you to gain?
It's all I ever want,...

Continue reading...

Await the zenith of the sun,
cross clay courtyard a beckoning
barefoot walked, heartstring undone,
Oh Lord, there’s love, no reckoning.

Soundless clarion of tears fall
toward absolution’s bright blessing,
within the domed sabil I call...
Oh Lord, there’s love, no reckoning.

The fountain's dry, but not my eyes
sounds of grace rebound, amazing,
Amazing...

Continue reading...

Ruba’i*: Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam*, Omar son of Ibrahim, the tent-maker

Words awoke on the retina of the astronomer
Unknown aeons piled dark energy upon dark matter
Astral bodies all strung like sea shells in the firmament
What old Khayyam saw was not what was seen by the Maker!

•	Omar...

Continue reading...

Layla, you were simple a girl.
My love has made you queen.
Now people worship you as a goddess.
What a power Love has!...

Continue reading...