What good is that?

[Guest guest]

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You have two hands, two legs, and two eyes.

But if your heart and the Beloved are also two,

what good is that?

 

You call out, I am the lover,

But these are mere words.

If you see lover and Beloved as two,

you either have double vision,

or you can¹t count.

 

- Rumi

 

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In the Arms of the Beloved

Translations by Jonathan Star

Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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