Love’s Last Madness revised edition poem 43 by Sant Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner of poem 59 Mata’e Nur Bandagi Zindagi “devotion is life itself”

Letter 95: Separation from People in the Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri translated by Paul Jackson shelter in place stay in place social distancing seclusion mountains island not going to the friday prayers eaters of grass vegetarians “waves of disturbances” like coronavirus pandemic classics of western spirituality maktubat i Sadi ibn Yahya

Mata’e Noor by Darshan Singh Urdu poet poem 59 translated by Barry Lerner in Love’s Last Madness revised edition poem 43 “He did not come to the rooftop” “my resolve is firm” “devotion is life itself” We should make our Life a devotional poem Guru Gobind Singh Bhai Nand Lal Goya Bandagi-nameh Zindagi nameh Sant poems on a spiritual path mystical poetry eastern spirituality Mata’-e Nur

Love’s Last Madness read with Perpetual Drunkenness reveals the Tippler’s secret. Poem 42 / 31 in Mata’e Noor by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner laughter’s secret joy’s mystery steeped in sorrow “what do they know of laughter’s secret” self-oblivion” “to sacrifice myself for “someone” is my purpose of life” “sincere repentance” “elusive is the secret of my poetry”

Sharafuddin Maneri’s Hundred Letters letter 94: Seclusion translated by Paul Jackson “in such an age, following one’s sensual appetites will be considered enlightenment” “embrace a life of seclusion” “he should live in a secluded spot” “it is better for us to pray for each other than to visit each other” during coronavirus Covid19 pandemic “quaff the cup of grief” Muhammad Uways Khwaja Fuzail Iyaz the Prophet

Mata’e Noor poem 48 by Darshan Singh translated by Barry Lerner in Love’s Last Madness revised edition: poem 41 “I keep talking to my heart trying to hoodwink my grief at your absence” “the thorns infesting the path I’ve carried away” master of grief Maneri “save separation’s grief, O Darshan, what do I possess?” jigar Moradabadi ha’e kya ho gaya tabi at ko gham bhi rahat faza nahim hota 1890-1960 Urdu poet Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj

The Journals of Thomas Merton 1966 “I try at least to meditate” surgery Meister Eckhart esse M. I. His girlfriend Dhammapada sexual love

The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri

Love’s Last Madness poem 40 / 30 Mata’ e Nur by Darshan Singh Urdu poetry translated by Barry Lerner “how hard to forego desire” Hafez dar miyan e darya takhteh bandam karde’i baz mi gu’i keh daman tar makon hushyar bash Mir 1723-1810 Kulliyat e mir dekh to dill keh jan se ut hta hai 154 separation social distancing enlightenment tukaram

The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri letter 93: Listening to Music Paul Jackson “smack of the tavern” “twisted her tresses” confused my “careful calculations” Qalandar taverna “listening to music is desirable for those devoted to God” dancing Kashf ul-Mahjub Ali Hujwiri “dance for joy” Sufyan Sheikh Abu Abdur Rahman Sufism over fundamental Islam