You are like the sun--
Without your face, the garden is yellow and pale--
Without you, the world is like dust--
Without you, the circle of love turns cold.
Rumi, Jalal al-Din (d. 1273)
trans. David and Sabrineh Fideler, from "Love's Alchemy"
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Missing Sun
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