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Discourses of Rumi

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224 V DISCOURSES OF RUMIattained union, a union with no separation? Noripe grape returns to an unripe grape. No maturefruit ever becomes raw again.Yes, it is unlawful to speakOf these things to men and women.But once Thy Name is mentioned, O God,These words pour out for them.By God, I will not make it long. I will make it short.My life is consumed, but You turnThat life to wine.You say that all is given, but takeThis Soul as Thine.Whoever cuts this story short, it is as if they areabandoning the right road and taking a road intothe life-destroying wilderness, where they say,“These trees look like the right way home.”

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