Celebrating Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage

Video by: William Humphrey
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"O You Who've Gone On Pilgrimage"

Poem Recited by Lina Rozbih

[English Translation]

O you who've gone on pilgrimage - where are you, where, oh where?
Here, here is the Beloved! Oh come now, come, oh come!

Your friend, he is your neighbor, he is next to your wall -
You, erring in the desert - what air of love is this?

If you'd see the Beloved's form without any form -
You are the house, the master, You are the Kaaba, you!

You took that path to that House ten times
Once try this house and get to the rooftop

That House is beautiful, you recounted its features
Give an account of the Lord of that House

Where is a bunch of roses, if you would be this garden?
Where, one soul's pearly essence when you're the Sea of God?

That's true - and yet your troubles may turn to treasures rich -
How sad that you yourself veil the treasure that is yours!

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[Image Credits]

Sgt. Heidi Agostini (2010). Aruzu Studio Hope Project [Photograph}. Bamiyan, Afghanistan.





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