The written faith

by Mahmud Shabistari

Read the writing on your heart,

And you will understand whatever you desire,

For on the day he kneaded the clay,

He wrote on your heart, by grace, the faith.

By Mahmud Shabistari, tr. Florence Lederer, material excerpted from The Secret Rose Garden by Mahmud Shabistari © 2002, used with permission from Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Newburyport, MA www.redwheelweiser.com