Cad is ea ár saol ar fad ach anáil?

Cad is ea ár saol ar fad ach anáil
i bhfochair an Leannáin

Abu-Said Abil-Kheir
(967 - 1049)

The sum total of our life is a breath

The sum total of our life is a breath
spent in the company of the Beloved.

Leagan Béarla Vraje Abramian

- as Nobody, Son of Nobody: Poems of Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir, Translated by Vraje Abramian