Sufi Poetry

This week in class we read Sufi poetry, which was an interesting topic. In Suffism, two types of love exist, profane and sacred. Sacred love is the love for God, while profane love is the love shown for everything else. The poems were full of symbolism, especially involving love, flowers, birds, and God. I found that it wasn’t too hard to understand the broad meanings of the poems, but it was difficult to catch on to a lot of the deep symbolism. One poem we read was about the transferring of an STD between lovers. After reading that poem, not in a million years would I have thought it meant that. Another poem was about God, and the conditions needed to truly love Him, and for him to love you in return. One belief that is displayed in much of Sufi poetry is that God and creation are one in the same, since God exists inside of everything.