Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī ~ Wings

 

 

                 A voice out of this world
                calls on our souls
                not to wait any more
                get ready to move
                to the original home

                your real home
                your real birth place
                is up here with the heavens
                let your soul take a flight
                like a happy phoenix

                you've been tied up
                your feet in the mud
                your body roped to a log
                break loose your ties
                get ready for the final flight

                make your last journey
                from this strange world
                soar for the heights
                where there is no more
                separation of you and your home

                God has created
                your wings not to be dormant
                as long as you are alive
                you must try more and more
                to use your wings to show you're alive

                these wings of yours
                are filled with quests and hopes
                if they are not used
                they will wither away
                they will soon decay

                you may not like
                what i'm going to tell you
                you are stuck
                now you must seek
                nothing but the source

 


 

 —Rumi
                Ghazal 945
                Nader Khalili translation

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