Guest guest Posted February 4, 2000 Report Share Posted February 4, 2000 A couple of Rumi's poems originally posted on the ContemplativEclectic Mail List by James Bean. Victor " james bean " <spiritualawakening Poems from Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi a. We are as the flute b. Love is the Water of Life WE ARE AS THE FLUTE We are as the flute, and the music in us is from thee; we are as the mountain and the echo in us is from thee. We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and our defeat: victory and defeat is from thee, O thou whose qualities are comely! Who are we, O Thou soul of our souls, that we should remain in being beside thee? We and our existences are really non-existence; thou art the absolute Being which manifests the perishable. We all are lions, but lions on a banner: because of the wind they are rushing onward from moment to moment. Their onward rush is visible, and the wind is unseen: may that which is unseen not fail from us! Our wind whereby we are moved and our being are of thy gift; our whole existence is from thy bringing into being. -- Mesnavi Book I, 599-607 LOVE IS THE WATER OF LIFE Love is the Water of Life Everything other than love for the most beautiful God is agony of the spirit, though it be sugar- eating. What is agony of the spirit? To advance toward death without seizing hold of the Water of Life. -- Mesnevi I 3686-87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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