~ Awe ~ ...from a Persian poet

[Glu Glukan]

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... Yes, Rumi whispers to the soul so well.
... One of my long time favorite excerpts...



... If you can’t smell the fragrance
... don’t come into the garden of Love.
... If you’re unwilling to undress
... don’t enter into the stream of Truth.
... Stay where you are.
... don’t come our way.



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[TRANSPONDER]

Originally Posted by GoCardinals

-- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

As near the original as possible, please, rather than the often heard translation that, while creditable, didn't do justice to the original.

There's some good Mystical Taoist poetry about, too.

[Miss Hepburn]

Don't hate me if he's not from Iran....it came in my weekly poetry email...
Dariya Sahib of Bihar
(1634 - 1780) English version by K. N. Upadhyaya

The musk is within the deer,
But he searches for it outside in the grass
instead of searching within himself.
He runs back and forth,
Wondering where the fragrance comes from.
The fragrance is nearby,
But he knows it not.

Caught by delusion, he roams about.
So do all people wander in pilgrimages
and outer observances.
If you wish to obtain your own true Home,
Then find it by looking within yourself
and dwell therein.


The true Lord resides within this body,
Recognize Him through the manifestation of true love.
By churning this body,
And by entering within yourself,
See the manifestation of true wisdom.