Nov 4, 2017
On Witnessing:
I love the The Sun when it rises/appears, because it reminds me of the appearance of pure love without any partnership
And no star is seen when she makes an appearance, either from above or from below
And so, O Maya, you have appeared in the eye of my heart, and everything other than you has disappeared
I see you whenever I see other-than-you, because I see you in it, and I don't see other than you whenever I see you
—Shaykh Manna Abba “Shaykhānī” wuld Muḥammad al-Ṭulbā, “Dīwān” (transl. Muṣṭafā’ Okon-Briggs)