The body resembles a garment

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When a man is busy in earnest,

he is unconscious of his pain.

I mention this insensibility to pain

so you may know how much the body

resembles a garment.

Go, seek the one who wears it;

don't kiss a piece of cloth.

 

- Rumi

 

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Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

" Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance "

Threshold Books, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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