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Saadi - The Gulistan of Sa‘di – 02 from the Panegyric of the Padsham of Islam
Identifier
015272
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Bath probably means immersion in Water = spirit
A description of the experience
Saadi - The Gulistan of Sa‘di – 02 from the Panegyric of the Padsham of Islam
A sweet-smelling piece of clay, one day in the bath,
Came from the hand of a beloved one to my hand.
I asked: “Are you musk or ambergris?
Because your delicious odour intoxicates me.”
It replied: “I was a despicable lump of clay;
But for a while in the society of a rose.
The perfection of my companion took effect on me
And, if not, I am the same earth which I am.”