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What breaks when the heart is broken?
Not the heart,
Only the thin shell I wrote my name on,
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The Well at the Desert's Heart - Verses of Healing offers a trove of insights in verses of remarkable beauty and perception that emerge through the depths of grief and heights of love into a wider appreciation of life.

Alone, wraithlike, I walk through this landscape,
With the ghost of a child for company.

I follow him, walking in his footsteps,
He is leading me back, back to the place,
Where my soul first woke to the world's beauty,
When the limitless sky and I were one.

This book explores the soul's moments of deep anguish and grief, finding a way through the greatest losses while processing difficult emotions.

Speechless by the sea in the early dawn,
Watching the buzzard climb the spiralled air,
I can't reach you my love with my tired words,
So I build with my prayer a bridge of light.

In Bowland's evocative descriptions of being out in the fenland landscape of Cambridgeshire, meditative and reflective words act as a healing balm finding a wholeness in the natural world -

I seek the quiet places by the river
And I stand still for hours in the clearing
Till I know my self as the quiet place
And the clearing for the indwelling light

Encouraging us to examine our sense of identity, and advising 'To this moment surrender your story', this collection promotes integration on an individual and collective level, a rejection of othering, and a deeper connection to ourselves, to one another, to nature and to God. Drawing on Sufi mysticism and informed by an anti-war stance, it presents a healing vision of oneness, and conveys the essential message in our polarised world that 'No 'identity' needs to self-defend'.

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قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر دل‌های ما
مفتاح شو مفتاح را دندانه شو دندانه شو

qofli bovad mayl u havā benhādeh bar delhā-ye mā * miftāḥ show miftāḥ rā dandāneh show dandāneh show

Whims and desires are a lock placed upon our hearts * Become a key, a key! Become the key’s edge!

a lock . qofli . قفلى
are . bovad . بود
whims . mayl . ميل
and . u . و
desires . havā . هوا
placed . benhādeh . بنهاده
upon . bar . بر
hearts . delhā-ye . دلهاي
our . mā . ما

a key . miftāḥ . مفتاح
become . show . شو
[object marker] rā . را
edge [teeth] dandāneh

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه تو را آن جا کشد * ز اندیشه بگذر چون قضا پیشانه شو پیشانه شو

andishat jāyi ravad vāngah tow rā ān jā kashad * zandisheh bogzar chun qazā pishāneh show pishāneh show
Your thoughts go somewhere and then drag you there * Leave thought behind - like fate move on! Like fate move on

Your thoughts . andishe-at . اندیشه‌ات
somewhere . jāyi . جایی
go . ravad . رود
and then . vāngah . وآنگه
you . tow . تو
[accusative marker] . rā . را
there [ that place] . ān jā . آن جا
drag . kashad . كشد
from . z . ز
thought . andisheh . اندیشه
leave . bogzar . بگذر
like . chun . چون
fate . qazā . قضا
move on . pishāneh show . یشانه شو

From the ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

You are the night of the grave, go to become the N

You are the night of the grave, go to become the Night of Power * Like the Night of Power, become the souls’ haven! Become the souls’ haven!

‎تو لیلة القبری برو تا لیلة القدری شوی * چون قدر مر ارواح را کاشانه شو کاشانه شو

tow laylat al-qabrī berow tā laylat al-qadrī shavi * chun qadr mar arwāḥ rā kāshāneh show kāshāneh show

You . tow . تو
the night . laylat . ليلة
of the grave . al-qabr . القبر
are . i . ى
go . berow . برو
to . tā . تا
the Night of Power/Destiny . ليلة القدرى
you become . shavi . شوى
Like . chun . چون
‪[the night of] Power/Destiny . qadr . قدر‬
for . mar … rā . مر ‫… را‬
souls . arwāḥ . ارواح
haven/abode . kāshāneh . كاشانه
become . show . شو

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

چون جان تو شد در هوا ز افسانه شیرین ما * فانی شو و چون عاشقان افسانه شو افسانه شو

‏chun jān-e tow shod dar havā z afsāneh-e shirin-e mā * fānī show u chun āsheqān afsāneh show afsāneh show

‏When your soul is lifted up by our sweet legend * Dissolve into One and‪,‬ as Lovers do‪,‬ become a legend! Become a legend‪!‬

‪When . ‬chun . چون
your soul . jān-e tow . جان تو
is lifted up. shod dar havā . شد در هوا
‪by . z . ز‬
‪legend . afsāne . افسانه‬
‪sweet . shirin . شرين‬
‪our . mā . ما‬
‪Dissolve into One/ ‬
‪become annihilated [in God] . fānī show . فانى شو ‬
‪and . u . و‬
‪like . chun . چون ‬
‪lovers . āsheqān . عاشقان‬
‪a legend . afsāneh . افسانه‬
‪become . show . شو‬

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

That earring of beauties became a companion to the

That earring of beauties became a companion to the cheek * If that ear and cheek must be yours, become a pearl! Become a pearl!

‎آن گوشوار شاهدان هم‌صحبت عارض شده * آن گوش و عارض بایدت دردانه شو دردانه شو

‏ ān gushvār-e shāhedān hamsohbat-e ārez shodeh * ān gush u ārez bāyadat dordāneh show dordāneh show

That . ān . آن
earring of . gushvār-e . گوشوار
beauties . shāhedān . شاهدان
a companion to . hamsohbat-e . هم‌صحبت
the cheek . ārez . عارض
became . shodeh . شده
That . ān . آن
ear . gush . گوش
and . u . و
cheek . ārez . عارض
must be yours . bāyadat . بایدت
a pearl . dordāneh . دردانه
become . show . شو

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Belov

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Beloved * If you go to those who are drunk, go drunkenly! go drunkenly!

‎باید که جمله جان شوی تا لایق جانان شوی * گر سوی مستان می‌روی مستانه شو مستانه شو

bāyad ke jomleh jān shavi tā lāyeq-e jānān shavi * gar sūye mastān miravi, mastāneh show, mastāneh show

It must be . bāyad . باید
that . ke . که
all . jomleh . جمله
soul/ life . jān . جان
you become . shavi . شوی
so that . tā . تا
worthy of . lāyeq-e . لایق
the Beloved . jānān . جانان
you become . shavi . شوی
if . gar . گر
towards . sūye .سوی
the drunk . mastān . مستان
you go . miravi . می‌روی
drunkenly . mastāneh . مستانه
go . show . شو

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

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from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#sallallahualamuhammadﷺ #prophetmuhammadﷺ #seerahofprophetﷺ #seerah #mawlidunnabiﷺ
#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
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#muslimbookshelf

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#muhammadﷺ #seerahbooks #mawlidunnabiﷺ

#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#sufipoetry
#muslimbookshelf

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#prophetmuhammadﷺ #seerahofprophetﷺ #mawlidunnabiﷺ
#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#sufipoetry
#muslimbookshelf

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#prophetmuhammadﷺ #seerahofprophetﷺ #mawlidunnabiﷺ

#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#sufipoetry
#muslimbookshelf

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#sufipoetry
#muslimbookshelf #mawlidunnabiﷺ #prophetmuhammadﷺ #seerahseries #seerahofprophetﷺ

Link in bio @lotetreepress #seerah #muslimbookshel

Link in bio @lotetreepress #seerah #muslimbookshelf #prophetmuhammadﷺ #mawlid2022 #muslimpoet #seerahpoem

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#prophetmuhammadﷺ #mawlid2022
#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#sufipoetry
#muslimbookshelf

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet

from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully

Link in bio @lotetreepress

#prophetmuhammadﷺ #mawlidunnabiﷺ
#muslimpoetry
#muslimbookstagram
#sufipoetry
#muslimbookshelf

Now available in hardback from booksellers Link i

Now available in hardback from booksellers

Link in bio @lotetreepress

What breaks when the heart is broken?
Not the heart,
Only the thin shell I wrote my name on,
Only the house that stood for years shaking.

The Well at the Desert's Heart - Verses of Healing offers a trove of insights in verses of remarkable beauty and perception that emerge through the depths of grief and heights of love into a wider appreciation of life.

Alone, wraithlike, I walk through this landscape,
With the ghost of a child for company.

I follow him, walking in his footsteps,
He is leading me back, back to the place,
Where my soul first woke to the world's beauty,
When the limitless sky and I were one.

This book explores the soul's moments of deep anguish and grief, finding a way through the greatest losses while processing difficult emotions.

Speechless by the sea in the early dawn,
Watching the buzzard climb the spiralled air,
I can't reach you my love with my tired words,
So I build with my prayer a bridge of light.

In Bowland's evocative descriptions of being out in the fenland landscape of Cambridgeshire, meditative and reflective words act as a healing balm finding a wholeness in the natural world -

I seek the quiet places by the river
And I stand still for hours in the clearing
Till I know my self as the quiet place
And the clearing for the indwelling light

Encouraging us to examine our sense of identity, and advising 'To this moment surrender your story', this collection promotes integration on an individual and collective level, a rejection of othering, and a deeper connection to ourselves, to one another, to nature and to God. Drawing on Sufi mysticism and informed by an anti-war stance, it presents a healing vision of oneness, and conveys the essential message in our polarised world that 'No 'identity' needs to self-defend'.

Listen, who we are is mysterious,
there is no 'you and I', no 'us and them'.

#poetrylovers #naturepoetry #sufipoetry #poetrybookshelf #poetrybooks

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from Back - Murtaza Humayun Saeed in A Kaleidoscop

from Back
- Murtaza Humayun Saeed
in A Kaleidoscope of Stories - Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
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from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar

from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar

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قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر دل‌های ما
مفتاح شو مفتاح را دندانه شو دندانه شو

qofli bovad mayl u havā benhādeh bar delhā-ye mā * miftāḥ show miftāḥ rā dandāneh show dandāneh show

Whims and desires are a lock placed upon our hearts * Become a key, a key! Become the key’s edge!

a lock . qofli . قفلى
are . bovad . بود
whims . mayl . ميل
and . u . و
desires . havā . هوا
placed . benhādeh . بنهاده
upon . bar . بر
hearts . delhā-ye . دلهاي
our . mā . ما

a key . miftāḥ . مفتاح
become . show . شو
[object marker] rā . را
edge [teeth] dandāneh

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه

‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه تو را آن جا کشد * ز اندیشه بگذر چون قضا پیشانه شو پیشانه شو

andishat jāyi ravad vāngah tow rā ān jā kashad * zandisheh bogzar chun qazā pishāneh show pishāneh show
Your thoughts go somewhere and then drag you there * Leave thought behind - like fate move on! Like fate move on

Your thoughts . andishe-at . اندیشه‌ات
somewhere . jāyi . جایی
go . ravad . رود
and then . vāngah . وآنگه
you . tow . تو
[accusative marker] . rā . را
there [ that place] . ān jā . آن جا
drag . kashad . كشد
from . z . ز
thought . andisheh . اندیشه
leave . bogzar . بگذر
like . chun . چون
fate . qazā . قضا
move on . pishāneh show . یشانه شو

From the ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

You are the night of the grave, go to become the N

You are the night of the grave, go to become the Night of Power * Like the Night of Power, become the souls’ haven! Become the souls’ haven!

‎تو لیلة القبری برو تا لیلة القدری شوی * چون قدر مر ارواح را کاشانه شو کاشانه شو

tow laylat al-qabrī berow tā laylat al-qadrī shavi * chun qadr mar arwāḥ rā kāshāneh show kāshāneh show

You . tow . تو
the night . laylat . ليلة
of the grave . al-qabr . القبر
are . i . ى
go . berow . برو
to . tā . تا
the Night of Power/Destiny . ليلة القدرى
you become . shavi . شوى
Like . chun . چون
‪[the night of] Power/Destiny . qadr . قدر‬
for . mar … rā . مر ‫… را‬
souls . arwāḥ . ارواح
haven/abode . kāshāneh . كاشانه
become . show . شو

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

چون جان تو شد در هوا ز افسانه شیرین ما * فانی شو و چون عاشقان افسانه شو افسانه شو

‏chun jān-e tow shod dar havā z afsāneh-e shirin-e mā * fānī show u chun āsheqān afsāneh show afsāneh show

‏When your soul is lifted up by our sweet legend * Dissolve into One and‪,‬ as Lovers do‪,‬ become a legend! Become a legend‪!‬

‪When . ‬chun . چون
your soul . jān-e tow . جان تو
is lifted up. shod dar havā . شد در هوا
‪by . z . ز‬
‪legend . afsāne . افسانه‬
‪sweet . shirin . شرين‬
‪our . mā . ما‬
‪Dissolve into One/ ‬
‪become annihilated [in God] . fānī show . فانى شو ‬
‪and . u . و‬
‪like . chun . چون ‬
‪lovers . āsheqān . عاشقان‬
‪a legend . afsāneh . افسانه‬
‪become . show . شو‬

From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

That earring of beauties became a companion to the

That earring of beauties became a companion to the cheek * If that ear and cheek must be yours, become a pearl! Become a pearl!

‎آن گوشوار شاهدان هم‌صحبت عارض شده * آن گوش و عارض بایدت دردانه شو دردانه شو

‏ ān gushvār-e shāhedān hamsohbat-e ārez shodeh * ān gush u ārez bāyadat dordāneh show dordāneh show

That . ān . آن
earring of . gushvār-e . گوشوار
beauties . shāhedān . شاهدان
a companion to . hamsohbat-e . هم‌صحبت
the cheek . ārez . عارض
became . shodeh . شده
That . ān . آن
ear . gush . گوش
and . u . و
cheek . ārez . عارض
must be yours . bāyadat . بایدت
a pearl . dordāneh . دردانه
become . show . شو

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Belov

You must become all soul to be worthy of the Beloved * If you go to those who are drunk, go drunkenly! go drunkenly!

‎باید که جمله جان شوی تا لایق جانان شوی * گر سوی مستان می‌روی مستانه شو مستانه شو

bāyad ke jomleh jān shavi tā lāyeq-e jānān shavi * gar sūye mastān miravi, mastāneh show, mastāneh show

It must be . bāyad . باید
that . ke . که
all . jomleh . جمله
soul/ life . jān . جان
you become . shavi . شوی
so that . tā . تا
worthy of . lāyeq-e . لایق
the Beloved . jānān . جانان
you become . shavi . شوی
if . gar . گر
towards . sūye .سوی
the drunk . mastān . مستان
you go . miravi . می‌روی
drunkenly . mastāneh . مستانه
go . show . شو

From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.

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