I live with my Lord - Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Thanks to the Quran, I live with my Lord, the Incomparable Auxiliary, I gained full control of my soul and expelled Satan, the outcast.

Since then I go - Birago Diop

Since then I go

I follow the pathways

the pathways and roads

Fouzti, prayer poem - Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba

O you my Lord may glad tiding forever be on Jesus and on His Mother Mary throughout this Poem. 

O You Who Said: Make no distinctions between any of My Prophets!

Spirits - Birago Diop

Listen to Things

More often than Beings,

Hear the voice of fire,

Hear the voice of water.

Hide yourselves, you who search for knowledge - Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba

Hide yourselves, you who search for knowledge, this will save you from trials and sorrows,

have determination, thus you will surpass your generation.

Wild Veins - Amadou Lamine Sall

You came from the North

Where the sun is depleting its

Tears behind the bars of the sky

On the back of the lightning I know

Where you came down to sing

To New York - Léopold Sédar Senghor

– I –

New York! At first I was bewildered by your beauty,

Those huge, long-legged, golden girls.

So shy, at first, before your blue metallic eyes and icy smile,

So shy. And full of despair at the end of skyscraper streets

Raising my owl eyes at the eclipse of the sun.

Mame - Fatou Dioffé Bâ

Grandfather, last of my Fathers,
My luck, my hope, my essence,
Tell me about my roots, tell me about my rooted self.
Oh Father, how much I wished from you!

Most Favoured Guest! - Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba

O Most Favoured Guest who has come with cheer and blessings, you are welcome! You are welcome! You are most welcome without end!

Luxembourg 1939 - Léopold Sédar Senghor

This Luxembourg morning, this Luxembourg autumn,
As I walk back and forth upon my youth,
No strollers, no fountains, no boats in the water,
No children, no flowers.

Aurora’s Lovers - Amadou Lamine Sall

I looked for you everywhere and nowhere
between flower and stem
between day and night
among the laughter of slumber
among the caresses of absence