“He
He saw the lightning

By Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi
Translated by Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis, (2024)
CEO, Aga Khan Museum


He saw the lightning in the East and he longed for the East
And it flashed in the West he yearned towards the West
My love is for the lightning and beholding it
My love is not for places and the soil


Poems in Passage

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Picture of He Saw the Lightning Poems in Passage taken on the TTC subway in February, 2025.




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