Rābi‘a al-‘Adawiyya – searchable text

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I love you with two loves: a passionate love
And a love of which only you are worthy.

As for the passionate love,
It has preoccupied me with the remembrance of you beyond all else.

And as for the love of which only you are worthy,
Your parting of the veils allows me to see you.

No praise is mine for either one or the other,
But all praise is yours for this [love] and the other.