Sanctuary to Sanctuary

سَرَيْتَ مِنْ حَرَمٍ لَّيْلاً اِلٰى حَرَمٍ
كَمَا سَرَى الْبَدْرُ فيِ دَاجٍ مِّنَ الظُّلَمِ

You journeyed by night, from Sanctuary to Sanctuary
as the full moon travels through the pitch-black sky.

Imam al-Busiri

Source: Qasida al-Burdah

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