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Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:28 PM

[sunlight] "Dumbfounded by love"

 

 

 

 

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Dear soul, Love alone cuts arguments short,

for it alone comes to the rescue when you cry for help against

disputes.

Eloquence is dumbfounded by Love: it dares not wrangle;

for the lover fears that, if he answers back,

the pearl of inner experience might fall out of his mouth.

 

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`Eshq borad bahs-râ ay jân o bas

ku ze goft o gu shavad feryâd ras

Hayrati âyad ze `eshq ân notq-râ

zahreh na-bovad keh konad u mâ-jarâ

Keh be-tarsad gar javâbi vâ dehad

gawhari az lonj-e u birun fotad

 

-- Mathnawi V: 3240-3241

Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"

Threshold Books, 1996

(Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra)

 

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