Your face is neither infinite nor ephemeral.
You can never see your own face,
only a reflection, not the face itself.


"Looking For Your Own Face" as translated by Coleman Barks in The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia

Attar of Nishapur Quotes

Your face is neither infinite nor ephemeral. You can never see your own face, only a reflection, not the face itself.

Your face is neither infinite nor ephemeral. You can never see your own face, only a reflection, not the face itself.

Your face is neither infinite nor ephemeral. You can never see your own face, only a reflection, not the face itself.

Your face is neither infinite nor ephemeral. You can never see your own face, only a reflection, not the face itself.