Defeated by Love

RumiRumi

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The sky was lit
by the splendor of the moonSo powerful
I fell to the ground Your love
has made me sure I am ready to forsake
this worldly life
and surrender
to the magnificence
of your Being
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Rumi

1207 - 1273/Male/PersianOne of the great Sufi poets, Jalal al-Din Rumi was a Sunni Muslim, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic.

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