Frithjof Schuon Archive

If thou saw’st the dance of hips and breasts,The face as if ’twere sunken in deep sleep,As if she nothing knew of earthly life —If thou saw’st Leila, how her body sways,As if about to soar to the world of light,She would lift up thy soul to Heaven.Thou wouldst think:...

Whom God unites, let no man put asunder,Thus it is said. But whom does God unite?Not always what seems opportune to parents —Not a he and a she who cannot love each other.Blessing cannot be in pious lies;It is found deep in the nature of things.

Love, it is said, lasts only for a time —But within itself love carries eternity;And in this deep indwelling liesThe possibility that love will conquer time.

“Father, forgive the sinners, for they know notWhat they do.” Most surely, but this does not meanThat God will erase every debt,And that the wicked will never have to expiate.For there is guilt and guilt: one comesFrom an evil heart, but the other dependsOn dogmas....