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Attar, Fariduddin - How long then will you seek for Beauty here?
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How long then will you seek for beauty here? by Farid ud-Din Attar
English version by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis
Original Language Persian/Farsi
How long then will you seek for beauty here?
Seek the unseen, and beauty will appear.
When the last veil is lifted neither men
Nor all their glory will be seen again,
The universe will fade -- this mighty show
In all its majesty and pomp will go,
And those who loved appearances will prove
Each other's enemies and forfeit love,
While those who loved the absent, unseen Friend
Will enter that pure love which knows no end.