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The Quality of Lovers

by Debra Grace Peri

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The Quality of Lovers

Composition and recording by Debra Grace Peri

Inspired by the Sufi poem:
"The Quality of Lovers" by Hilal Jaghata'i (d. 1529)


Sifat al-'ashiqin (The Quality of Lovers)
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The world is but a drop in the ocean of love,
heaven is but a plant in the desert of love.

There is no station higher than that of love,
its foundations are devoid of any flaw.

No vocation is better than the work of love,
no preoccupation greater than the madness of love.

One who is captive to love does not want release,
even when dying from sorrow, happiness is not what is sought.

Worldly losses and gains are equally meaningless,
all that is there in the world is love, nothing else.

Although love would threw up everything in turmoil,
all liveliness in the world stems from its sorrow and pain.

No wilting ever comes to mar the spring of love,
passion's wine never relinquishes its headiness.

Heart, throw yourself on the candle like a moth!
Become branded with its love mark, and burn!

Be the beggar of love, who nonetheless is the assembly's king! Go, be the Sultan of your own times!

When love comes, do not be sad, sit happy;
feel yourself liberated from the world's sorrows.


--Hilal Jaghata'i (d. 1529)

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released December 21, 2022
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For Savahn, the eternal divine presence within.

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Debra Grace Peri Olympia, Washington

Debra is a musician, poet, teacher, student, seeker and a graduate of The Evergreen State College.

(All financial proceeds are donated to an educational savings fund for my family.)

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