My joy —
My Hunger —
My Shelter —
My Friend —
My Food for the Journey —
My Journey’s End —
You are my breath,
My hope,
My companion,
My craving,
My abundant wealth.
Without You — My Life, My Love —
I would never have wandered
across these endless countries.

You have poured out so much grace for me,
Done so many favors, given me so many gifts—
I look everywhere for Your love —
Then suddenly I am filled with it.

O Captain of my Heart,
Radiant Eye of Yearning in my breast,
I will never be free from You
As long as I live.
Be satisfied with me, Love
And I am satisfied.

Rabia lived from 713 to 801 and was the first in a long line of female Sufi mystics and poets.