Guest guest Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 - whispersofthebeloved Sufi_Poetry Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:15 PM [sufi_Poetry] These Poems are Elusive Sufi_Poetry: Sufi_PoetryFor the grace of the presence, be grateful.Touch the cloth of the robe, but don't pull ittoward you, or like an arrow it will leave the bow!Images! Presence plays with form,fleeing and hiding as sky does in water.Now one place, now nowhere.Imagination cannot contain the absolute.These poems are elusive because that presence is.I love the rose that is not a rose, but the second I try to speak it, any namefor God becomes so & so. It vanishes.What you thought to draw lifts off the paper, as what you love slips from your heart.(Rumi - "Say I Am You RUMI" - John Moyne & Colman Barks)For discussion of this and other Sufi poems posted go to:SufiReflectionsofTruthTo from this group, send an email to:Sufi_Poetry Your use of is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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