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a lovely poem from Rumi (poem number 60)

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:40:45 PM

Mineyo Uemura, poetry, poem, art, cat artwork, Fredda Ruth Rosete, Fruity Fredda

The bird of my heart has again begun to flutter, the parrot of my soul has begun to chew sugar.

My mad and drunken camel has begun to rend the chain of reason.

A gulp of that incautious wine has begun to flow over my head and eyes.

The lion of the gaze, despite the dog of the Companions of the Cave, has begun to drink my blood again.

The water is flowing again in this river; by the riverbank the grass has begun to shoot.

The dawn breeze is blowing again in the garden, it has begun to blow over rose and rosebed.*

Love sold me for a single fault; Love’s heart burned, and has begun to buy back.

He drove me away; compassion came to him and called; Love has begun to look kindly upon me.

My enemy has seen that I am with the Friend; he has begun to gnaw his hand of envy.

My heart has escaped from the trickery of fortune, it has begun to creep into Love’s bosom.

The tale-bearer brow making hints has begun to curve over that eye.

When Love called my heart towards Him, my heart began to flee from all creation.

Creatures are sticks; the blind man flings away the stick when he begins to see.

Creatures are like milk; the infant turns from milk when it has begun to digest viands.

The spirit is like a falcon taking wing, for it has begun to hear the drum of the king.

Enough, for the veil of speech has begun to spin a curtain around you.

this is poem number 60 from “Mystical Poems of Rumi” (Poems 1-200) by Jalal al-Din Rumi, translated from the Persian by A.J. Arberry (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1991)

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Comments

Vladimiroao-mazd # Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:10:03 PM

Rumi the greatest person. I very much love creativity Rumi. In mine blog there are his sayings, but on russian.

Fredda # Saturday, April 8, 2006 8:38:36 AM

Hello! Too bad I can't read Russian! In my blogspot at blogger.com I also put a poem by Anna Akhmatova! You know, I'm crazy for Russian Literature!

Vladimiroao-mazd # Saturday, April 8, 2006 11:27:00 AM

The woman which loves cats and Rumi! It is dream.

Fredda # Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:01:16 AM

heLLo oao-mazd, hope you check out my other blogspot for more poEtry~

Vladimiroao-mazd # Wednesday, April 19, 2006 6:54:59 PM

Yes of course! Its like me. Art and ideas in it. Our modern writers write not very good. But... May be another ideas another peoples.

Two lost souls who found each otherKeeping Hope Alive # Saturday, August 5, 2006 1:29:17 PM

Wonderful

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