Mid-Week Inspiration

Give me ecstasy, give me naked wonder, O my creator!
Give birth to the Beloved in me, and let this Lover die!
Let a thousand wrangling desires become one Love
The years of repentance are over, a new year has come
That shatters and destroys a thousand regrets a day!
If you never knew this vertigo, this mad Spring will make you totter!
O Love, You are the universal soul, crown, and jail all at once;
At once the prophet's call and our lack of belief.
Love, You have created us with thirsty hearts,
You have bound us to the Source of splendor.
For You my thorns have blossomed, my atoms embraced the worlds.
Contemplating my leaping atoms in the universe
Makes my days stagger and sob with wonder!
Look, the wine is in the green grape, existence in nothingness!
A thorn that has not blossomed cannot illumine the field;
How can a being of water and clay find life
If Divine Breath does not Itself kindle it?
Clap your hands, clap your hands again, and know each sound
Has its origin in the wine’s own self-surrender.
Be silent! Spring is here! The rose is dancing with its thorn.
Beauties have come from the Invisible to call you home.

~Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

Comments

[hecate Demetersdatter, Runnymeade Conspirator]

I love Rumi. I'd never seen that poem of his before, but knew three or four lines in that it must be his.

[Mama Kelly]

How absolutely beautiful!!!

Mama Kelly

[brujo]

Found your site. It's really great. And this poem is wonderful.

Thanks for posting it.