The Agony and Ecstasy

RumiRumi

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In the orchard and rose gardenI long to see your face.In the taste of SweetnessI long to kiss your lips.In the shadows of passionI long for your love. Oh! Supreme Lover!Let me leave aside my worries.The flowers are blooming

with the exultation of your Spirit. By Allah!I long to escape the prison of my egoand lose myself

in the mountains and the desert. These sad and lonely people tire me.I long to revel in the drunken frenzy of your love

and feel the strength of Rustam in my hands. I’m sick of mortal kings.I long to see your light.With lamps in hand

the sheiks and mullahs roam

the dark alleys of these towns

not finding what they seek. You are the Essence of the Essence,The intoxication of Love.I long to sing your praises

but stand mute

with the agony of wishing in my heart.

Rumi
About the poet

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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