Jami – Eight Poems by the Sufi Poet

November 9 marks the anniversary of the death of the Sufi poet Jami…

We honor the occasion with five of our favorite poems by Jami …
 
 

Friendship
Jami

Found in the book
The Persian Mystics: Jami
(Available as FREE Ebook on the page linked above)

He is a friend, who although meeting with enmity
From his friend, only becomes more attached to him.
If he strikes him with a thousand stones of violence,
The edifice of his love will only be made more firm by them.

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