{"id":1337,"date":"2015-02-28T23:39:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T04:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2015-03-15T01:31:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T06:31:03","slug":"whoever-tastes-the-flavour-of-our-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/02\/28\/whoever-tastes-the-flavour-of-our-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoever tastes the flavour of our drink&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A well-known and oft-quoted Sufi classic\u00a0by the 14th C Egyptian poet, Ibn bint Mayliq<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UNAlA95Juec?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Whoever tastes the flavour of the drink of the people\u00a0knows it<\/h6>\n<h6>and whoever becomes aware of it tomorrow [the Day of Resurrecton] will give his soul for it<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Even if he risked his spirits, and\u00a0sacrificed them<\/h6>\n<h6>with every blink of the eye, it would still not equal it<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>A drop of it suffices all creation, had they but tasted,<\/h6>\n<h6>they would declare themselves above all the worlds\u00a0in\u00a0drunken pride<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The possessor of love, were he given the universe as a cup<\/h6>\n<h6>to\u00a0drink as many times as the number of souls, he still would not\u00a0be quenched<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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