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Discourses of Rumi

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300 V DISCOURSES OF RUMI“May the dust lie sweet on them!” If the dust hadno awareness <strong>of</strong> sweetness, why would anyonesay such a thing?I pray that moon-faced idolMay live a hundred years,My faithful heart a quiverFor the shafts <strong>of</strong> her tears.In the dust <strong>of</strong> her door my heartSo happy, happy died,Praying, “Lord, may her dustForever happily abide!”A couple are sleeping on one mattress. Thewoman sees herself in the midst <strong>of</strong> a banquet, arose-garden and Paradise, the man sees himself inthe midst <strong>of</strong> snakes, the guardians <strong>of</strong> Hell, andscorpions. If you investigate, you will see neitherParadise nor Hell. Why then should it be a surprisethat the parts <strong>of</strong> some, even in the tomb,experience pleasure, repose and intoxication,while some are in pain, torment and agony, yetyou can see neither pleasure nor pain? Therefore,the invisible becomes sensible through the use <strong>of</strong>comparison.Comparison is one thing, equivalence is another.The Gnostics give the name “spring” to relax-

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