SFG75
Well-Known Member
Jalaluddin Rumi:
I really like this one as religious groups tend to shun those who repeatedly stumble. In this poem, Rumi displays a "devil may care"(pun not intended) attitude and has a positive message.
The section about "burning" is the best part of it IMHO. The refernece to win and intoxication is a common thread in his poems, a strong symbol of Rumi's reneage status within a religious movement that frowns upon the use of alcohol.
by Firdausi
Come, Come, whoever you are,
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving,
it doesn't matter.
Ours is a caravan of endless joy.
Even if you've borken your vows a hundred times-
Come, come, yet again come!.
I really like this one as religious groups tend to shun those who repeatedly stumble. In this poem, Rumi displays a "devil may care"(pun not intended) attitude and has a positive message.
In one sweet moment she burst out from my heart,
And there she sat before me
drinking ruby-red wine.
Trapped by her beauty
I saw and I touched-
My whole face became eyes,
My every eye became hands.
I cried, and I burned in that cry.
I kep silent, and I burned in that silence.
Then I stayed away from extremes-
I went right downthe middle,
And I burned in that middle.
It is said,
"God's Light shines in all six directions."
A shout came from the crowd:
"So where is that Light?"
"ShallI fix my gaze to the left,
or to the right?"
It is said,
"For a moment, fix it neither to the left nor to the right."
The section about "burning" is the best part of it IMHO. The refernece to win and intoxication is a common thread in his poems, a strong symbol of Rumi's reneage status within a religious movement that frowns upon the use of alcohol.
by Firdausi
If on eath there be
a Paradise of Bliss,
It is this,
It is this,
It is this.