Union with a beloved

Bismillah.
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The source of my suffering and loneliness is deep in my heart.

This is a disease no doctor can cure.

Only Union with the Friend can cure it.

(Rabi´a al-Adawiyya, translation Andrew Harvey & Eryk Hanut - 'Perfume of the Desert)

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He am I whom I love,
He whom I love is I,

Two Spirits in one single body dwelling.

So seest thou me, then seest thou Him,

And seest thou Him,

then seest thou Us.

(Mansur al-Hallaj, translation Martin Lings/Sidi Abu Bakar Sirajudin)

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No difference,

but it was Myself that loved Myself,

And there is nothing with Me in the world but I,

No thoughts of with-ness trespass mine intelligence.

(Ibn al-Farid, translation Martin Lings)

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O son,

know that the beloved whose union you seek,

is none other than the Beloved,

for there is only One Love,

One Love for all,

One Love for the One;

So, know who is it that you love,

and know who is the real I who love.

(E. Ismail)