All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.
My soul is from elsewher… - Rumi
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All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that,and I intend to end up there.
Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn’t come here of my own accord, and I can’t leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.
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Rumi
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (جلالالدین محمد رومی) Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (جلالالدین محمد بلخى) (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was an Afghan philosopher, theologian, poet, teacher, and founder of the Mevlevi (or Mawlawi) order of Sufism; also known as Mevlana (Our Guide), Jalaluddin Rumi, or simply Rumi.
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I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.
Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.
I was dead I came alive I was tears I became laughter
All because of love when it arrived my temporal life from then on changed to eternal
Love said to me you are not crazy enough you don’t fit this house
I went and became crazy crazy enough to be in chains
Love said you are not intoxicated enough you don’t fit the group
I went and got drunk drunk enough to overflow with light-headedness
Love said you are still too clever filled with imagination and skepticism
I went and became gullible and in fright pulled away from it all
Love said you are a candle attracting everyone gathering every one around you
I am no more a candle spreading light I gather no more crowds and like smoke I am all scattered now
Love said you are a teacher you are a head and for everyone you are a leader
I am no more not a teacher not a leader just a servant to your wishes
Love said you already have your own wings I will not give you more feathers
And then my heart pulled itself apart and filled to the brim with a new light overflowed with fresh life
Now even the heavens are thankful that because of love I have become the giver of light
I am in Love with Love and Love is in love with me. My body is in Love with the soul and the soul is in Love with my body. I opened my arms to Love and Love embraced me like a lover.
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