Re:to Henny ji: My (new) single most favorite devotional poem

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Rumi, you might know.

Rumi, Hafiz, and Ramprasad are my very favorite poets,[although there

are many more i love, as well] and i am having a very, very hard time

narrowing it down to one favorite poem... But, Henny ji, dear sister,

i think this one you have posted by our beloved Rumi, has got to be

one of the best....:<D

 

Your sister drunk on Rumi's sweet nectar,

muktimaa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "henny_v_i" <HvI@S...> wrote:

> Looking for one of my old favorites, I found this one, which has

> instantly become my single most favorite:) Jai Guru!

>

> "Jasmine comes up where you step.

> You breathe on dirt, and it sails off

> like a kite. You wash your hands,

> and the water you throw out

> shines with gold.

>

> You say a line of scripture,

> and all the dead commentators

> lift their heads.

>

> Your robe brushes a thornbush,

> and a deep chord of music comes.

>

> Whatever you break finds itself

> more intelligent for being broken.

> Every second a new being

> stands in the courtyard of your chest

> like Adam, without father or mother,

> but the beginning of many generations

> to come.

>

> I should rhyme that fifty times.

>

> The beginning without any

> inclination to end:

>

> But I won't. I close my mouth

> in hopes you'll open yours.

>

>

> Jelaluddin Rumi