Return

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For ages you have come and gone

courting delusion.

For ages you have run from the pain

and forfeited the ecstasy.

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

Although you appear in earthly form

Your essence is pure Consciousness.

You are the fearless guardian

of Divine Light.

 

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

When you lose all sense of self

the bonds of a thousand chains will vanish.

Lose yourself completely.

Return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

You descended from Adam, by the pure Word of God,

but you turned your sight

to the empty show of this world.

Alas, how can you be satisfied with so little?

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

Why are you so enchanted by this world

when a mine of gold lies within you?

Open your eyes and come -

Return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

You were born from the rays of God's Majesty

when the stars were in their perfect place.

How long will you suffer from the blows

of a nonexistent hand?

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

You are a ruby encased in granite.

How long will you deceive Us with this outer show?

So come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

After one moment with that glorious Friend

you became loving, radiant, and ecstatic.

Your eyes were sweet and full of fire.

Come, return to the root of the root

of your own soul.

 

Rumi

Sufi poet