look at the unity of this

  

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look at love...

how it tangles

with the one fallen in love 

look at spirit

how it fuses with earth

giving it new life 

why are you so busy

with this or that or good or bad

pay attention to how things blend

why talk about all

the known and the unknown

see how the unknown merges into the known 

why think separately

of this life and the next

when one is born from the last 

look at your heart and tongue

one feels but deaf and dumb

the other speaks in words and signs 

look at water and fire

earth and wind

enemies and friends all at once 

the wolf and the lamb

the lion and the deer

far away yet together 

look at the unity of this

spring and winter

manifested in the equinox 

you too must mingle my friends

since the earth and the sky

are mingled just for you and me 

be like sugarcane

sweet yet silent

don't get mixed up with bitter words 

my beloved grows

right out of my own heart

how much more union can there be?


—Rumi
Nader Khalili version

 

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