Ghazal 1596
all my friends
departed like dreams
left alone
i called upon
one friend
to become
my entire dream
this is the one
who soothes my heart
with endless
tenderness and love
the one who
one hour bestows
inner peace
and the next
the nectar of life
this dream too
as it arrives
i come alive and
as it departs
i'm helpless again
"RUMI, Fountain of Fire"
poetic translation June 1991 by Nader Khalili
Burning Gate Press, Los Angeles, 1994.
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