Ghazal 538
At every instant the heart hears this call from the blazing sun:
"Renounce the torch of the earth and gain the torch
of beyond."
Since you are serving the Beloved, why hide?
Gold shines always brighter from the wounds inflicted by
the goldsmith.
Overwhelmed by the eternal Wine,
The heart was reciting joyfully: "The wine may tear my
life away, it will give me another life."
Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi
Selected by Muriel Maufroy
Sanyar Press - London, 1997
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