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Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Birdsong

Birdsong brings relief

to my longing

I'm just as ecstatic as they are,

but with nothing to say!

Please universal soul, practice

some song or something through me! 

Bad Dreams

One day you will look back and laugh at yourself.

You'll say, ‘ I can't believe I was so asleep! 

How did I ever forget the truth? 

How ridiculous to believe that sadness and sickness

Are anything other than bad dreams.' 

Defeated by Love

The sky was lit

by the splendor of the moon

So 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.