OneidaDreamer

We are as the flute, and the music in us is from thee;
we are as the mountain and the echo in us is from thee.

We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat:
our victory and defeat is from thee, O thou whose qualities are comely!

Who are we, O Thou soul of our souls,
that we should remain in being beside thee?

We and our existences are really non-existence;
thou art the absolute Being which manifests the perishable.

We all are lions, but lions on a banner:
because of the wind they are rushing onward from moment to moment.

Their onward rush is visible, and the wind is unseen:
may that which is unseen not fail from us!

Our wind whereby we are moved and our being are of thy gift;
our whole existence is from thy bringing into being.




Poem By: Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī

OneidaDreamer

I love RUMI. My brother told me on night that " When you read RUMI, you either put down the quill because there is none higher or you fall in such love with RUMI that you strive to new heights "


My brother was right. Rumi has been my inspirtation since 1996. May Allah bless his soul.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_ad-Din_Muhammad_Rumi

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