Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The Missing Sun

You are like the sun--

Come!

Without your face, the garden is yellow and pale--

Come!

Without you, the world is like dust--

Come!

Without you, the circle of love turns cold.

Come!


Rumi, Jalal al-Din (d. 1273)
trans. David and Sabrineh Fideler, from "Love's Alchemy"

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