Guest guest Posted November 7, 2000 Report Share Posted November 7, 2000 Good Morning Ivan-la and Good Evening Andrew-la and Harsha-la, In IM with a friend, son in hospital, having visions, eight, sending your poem, Ivan, may go further than you know ... nice de-light, eh *g* Rumi 147 Let go of deceptions O heart Madness embrace, madness embrace Moth-like, go to the heart of the hearth Fire face, fire face Make yourself a stranger Turn your home to a manger With the lovers of this danger Cohabitate in one place, in one place Open your heart like a tray Vengeance wash away and pray The wine of love, when down you lay Your cup grace, your cup grace You must become wholly a soul To be worthy of the Divine Whole If with the drunk you play your role Drinking chase, drinking chase The bead from the ear-ring With cheek will speak and sing If cheek and ear you seek and cling Mother-of-pearl make your space When your soul flies easy >From this, our sweet fantasy Like lovers in mortal ecstasy Your story trace, your story trace Go from this night of the grave And the Divine Night brave And like Divine, spirit crave Make that your base, make that your base Your mind will first imagine Then will draw you therein Trade mind and fate in your within Onward race, onward race A lock with an invisible bar Enchains our hearts, keeps us afar Become the key, the key you are Like saw teeth brace, brace! Lovers their wine draw >From cup of skull with bone straw In such a feast obey the law Yourself efface, yourself efface. To call this "accident" or "chance" Puts your essence out of balance In your earthly reign & kingly dance Choose staff or mace, staff or mace! Christ graced the wooden cross Cross’s gain was our loss Such compassion cannot emboss On wooden vase, on wooden vase. Solomon spoke of right & wrong In the birds’ language & tongue Soul’s bird to body’s trap don’t belong Bird is your ace, bird is your ace. If graced with Beloved’s affection Like a mirror become reflection If naked made such selection Wrap in lace, wrap in lace. How long crisscross like the rook? Or like a pawn easily forsook? Like a queen, obliquely look? Straighten pace, straighten pace. To love you gave with much pleasure Every earthly weal and treasure Forget treasure, yourself measure For love’s case, for love’s case. For sometime were mineral Some other time were animal Then human-like, erect & tall Soul don’t debase, soul don’t debase. O tongue may you become still Not with speech egos fulfill Spirit leaves tongue null and nil No more disgrace, and nor deface. O Shams-e Tabrizi come near In my soul your place is dear O King, my soul to joy steer With regal grace, with regal grace! Ó Shahriar Shahriari Vancouver, Canada July 21 & October 21, 1998 Love, Leela p.s. Wim, Ivan, you guys are really masters of the subtle, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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