Rumi says

I have again and again grown like grass

I have experienced seven hundred and seventy mould s

I died from minerality and became vegetable

And from vegetativeness I died and became animal

I died from animality and became man

They why fear disappearance through death?

Next time I shall die

Bringing forth wings and feathers like angles

After that soaring higher than angels

What you cannot imagine I shall be that

Diwan-e- Mo'in

Maa talabgaar-e-to aim o to gorezani ze maa
Maa basuyat moqbal o to ruye gardaani ze maa

I'm seeking you out, but you're running away from Me,
I'm looking towards you, but you're turning away your face from Me.


Maa berun az shash jehat waz sad jehat juyaan to
Chand khud raa har taraf mashghul gardaani ze maa

I'm beyond the six directions, but you are seeking Me everywhere.
How long will you keep yourself occupied thus by turning away from Me?


Har kojaa khwaahi shodan baa maa to ham ai bikhabar
Maa namimaanim az to gar to'i maani ze maa

O, ignorant one, you are seeking Me to be with Me,
But I'll not forsake you, so abide with Me.


Maa chu bahr o to chu abri baar-e-maa kash gham makhur
Baagh raa khandaan koni gar chand geryaani ze maa

I'm the ocean and you are the cloud which has arisen from it. Don't be
unhappy,
You make the garden bloom with your tears because of Me.


Goftamash taa chand dar parda nehaan khwaahi shodan
Waqt aan aamad ke digar ru napushaani ze maa

I asked Him: ‘How long will You remain hidden behind the veil?
Has not the time come to reveal Yourself to me?'


Goft man bi pardah am gar pardah bini aan to'i
Taa to hasti dar hazaaraan pardah penhaani ze maa

He answered: ‘I am not veiled. It is your existence, which creates a veil.
As long as you exist you'll be concealed by a thousand veils from Me'.


Chun to'i pishat haqiqi chand naam in o aan
In wojud-e-‘aarezi baashad ke besetaani ze maa

‘How can you be admitted to God's presence by reciting this or that name?
It is your temporal existence which is separating you from Me'.


Gofta cheshtam ze meraati ke zaaher shod Mo'in
Man che guyam kaz ke shod chun khud hamidaani ze maa

It was asked:
'What is it, O Mo'in, that has been revealed to you in the mirror?'
I answered:
'Why do You ask, when You know Yourself what has been shown to me?'

Diwan-e- Mo'in

Delaa ba-halqa-ye-rendaan-e-bazm-e-‘eshq dar aa
Ke jor'a ze sharaab-e-baqaa dehand toraa

O my heart, enter the circle of the drunken lovers,
So that they may give you a draught of the wine of immortality.

Biyaa wa har do jahaan raa beshash-dar andar na
Dar in qemaar beyak daaw har che hast dar aa

Come and put both worlds at stake in a gambling game.
Offer all there is in one move of this game.

Agar baqaa' talabi auwalat fanaa baayad
Ke taa fanaa nashawi rah namibari ba baqaa'

If you search for eternal life you need to annihilate your self first,
Because you'll not find the way to eternal life without dying to yourself.

To baaz-e-shaahi o az dast-e-shaah paridi
Ba ghair shaah makon mail o suye shaah baaz aa

You are the royal falcon, taking your flight from the hand of the King.
Don't love anyone but Him and return to the King.

Ze zolmat-e-bashariyat chu ba gozri ba rasi
Az in haziz-e-danaa'at bar awj-e-u adnaa

If you are able to free yourself of the dark side of human nature,
Then you can rise from the lowest point of badness to His highest abode.

Boraq-e-‘eshq baraaye to sad qadam tai kard
To ham mozayaqa ba-gozar o yak qadam pesh aa

The steed of love has traversed a hundred steps towards you:
Do not hesitate and also take a step yourself!

To chand dar talab-e-yaar dar ba-dar gardi
Ba-khud negar ke tu'i mazhar-e-hama asmaa

How long have you been searching for the Beloved from door to door?
Look inside yourself, as it is the place of manifestation of all His names!

Ba-in mabin ke tu khaaki o khaak tiraa buwad
Ba-in negar ke tu aa'yinay-e-jamaal nomaa

Do not see yourself as a body of clay,
See yourself as a mirror reflecting the divine beauty.

Sahaab-e-‘eshq chu baaraan-e-shawq mibaarad
‘Ajab madaar gar az khaak ba-shegofad golhaa

The clouds of love have produced a rain of intense longing.
Don't be surprised if from this clay flowers start blooming.

Neqaab-e-hastiye-khod raa to az miyaan bar daar
Degar ba-bin ke jamaal ke mishawad paidaa

Remove the veil of your personal existence
And then you'll see how much beauty will be revealed to you.

Ba-gir mesqalaye-‘eshq o zang-e-tan bezedaaya
Ba-bin dar aayinaye-jaan jamaal-e-jaanaan raa

Use love as a polishing aid to remove the bodily impurities:
You'll see in the reflection of your soul the beauty of the Beloved.

Ba-kush taa ke ze chashmat ghobaar barkhezad
Ke taa ma'aanat bini zahur-e-nur-e-khodaa

Strive to remove the dust from your eyes,
So that you can see the succour of the manifestation of the light of God.

Agar tajalliye nur-e-qedam hami khwahi
Mo'in naqaab-e-hodus az jamaal-e-khod ba-koshaa

If you keep on longing for the glory of the eternal light,
Then you, Mo'in, should draw aside the curtain of your newly emerged inner beauty.

Diwan-e- Mo'in

Aatesh-e-‘eshq-e to dar jaan-e-man oftaad konun
Raft aaraam o qaraaram hama barbaad konun

The fire of Your love has now set my heart in flames
All inward peace and stability have left me and now I'm ruined.


Aanke bar har rag-e-jaan zakhm-e-to khordam chun chang
Che ‘ajab gar konam az dast-e-to faryaad konun

Your hands have inflicted wounds on each of my arteries
Is it strange if I now cry out for help because of Your hands?


Gar che del kham-e-chaugan-e-balaa' oftaad ast
Joz tahammol che towaan kard chu oftaad konun

Although my heart experiences the pain of the stick of affliction,
What can I do, but to endure patiently what happens to me now?


Shaah-e-‘eshq aamad o shar-e-del-e-man wiraan kard
Lek sad ganj behar zaawiya benehaad konun


The King of love came and destroyed the city of my heart,
But now I discover that in every corner He placed hundreds of treasures.


Khalq guyand ke in shahr cheraa wiraan shod
Wah ke wiraan nashod in balke shod aabaad konun

The people have explained why this city has been destroyed,
But in fact instead of being destroyed it has now been revived.


Moddati basta-ye-zendaan-e-tabi'at budam
Dast-e-ghaib aamad o bandam hama bekoshaad konun

For quite some time I was imprisoned by my selfish nature,
But a hand from the unseen has come to free me now of my chains.


Saaqi-ye-bazm-e-khodaay dar-e-maikhaana koshaad
Sad hazaaraan khom-e-khomkhaana beman daad konun

The Cupbearer of the divine banquet has opened the door of the tavern.
Just now He gave me a hundred thousand cups from His wine-vault.


Taa rokh-e-saaqi-ye-maa parda-ye-‘ezzat bardaasht
Tawr-e-hasti-ye-maraa kond ze boniyaad konun

After the unveiling of the glorious face of my Cupbearer
My present state of existence has been shaken from its foundation.


Aan hama baada az jaam-e-safaa khurda mo'in
Hamchonaan az talab-e-khish na estaad konun

Mo'in has drunk so many cups of that pure wine,
Yet even now his search will not stop.

Diwan-e- Mo'in

Chu man az hastiye-khod dur baasham
Ba-khod ham naazer o manzur baasham

As I am far from a selfish existence,
I am myself both the observer and the observed.


Chu jaam o baada o saaqi mohaiyast
Rawaa baashad ke man makhmur baasham

As the cup, the wine and the wine-poorer are available,
It is only proper that I am drunk.


Ze jaam-e-wahdatam yak jor'a bakhsh
Ke dar daar-e fanaa' mansur baasham

Give me one draught from the cup of union,
So that I am a Mansur on the gibbet of extinction.


Az aan jaami ke chun serr-e anaa'l-haqq
Bar aayad bar zabaan ma'zur baasham

From that cup the secret of ‘I am the Truth'
Comes unbidden out of my mouth.


Ze taab-e-‘aks-e-khurshid-e- haqiqat
Chu zarra mazhar-e-aan nur baasham

Because of the light reflected from the sun of the Truth
I am a particle of dust made manifest by that light.


Nadaarad taab nuram cheshm-e-khoffaash
Hamaan behtar ke man mastur baasham

The eyes of the bat cannot see my light,
Thus it is better if I remain hidden.


Ze shahr-e-‘eshq miaayad mo'ini
‘Ajab nabovad agar mashhur baasham

Mo'ini has returned from the city of love,
Thus it is no wonder that I have become famous.

Diwan-e- Mo'in

Robud jaan o delam raa jamaal-e-naam-e-khodaa
Nawaakht teshna labaan raa zolaal-e-naam-e-khodaa

My soul and my heart have been captivated by the beauty of the name of God.
My thirsty lips have been comforted by the pure water of the name of God.



Wesaal-e-haqq talabi hamneshin naamash baash
Bebin wesaal-e-khodaa dar wesaal-e-naam-e-khodaa

If you search for union with God, be a companion of His name,
You'll see that union with God is in union with the name of God.



Miyaan-e-esm o mosamma chu farq nist bebin
To dar tajalliye asmaa kamaal-e-naam-e-khodaa

As there is no difference between the name and the Named One,
You'll see in the manifestation of the names the perfection of the name of God.



Yaqin badaan ke to baa haqq neshasta shab o ruz
Chu hamneshin to baashad khayaal-e-naam-e-khodaa

You can be certain of this, that you'll sit with God day and night,
If you are constantly reflecting on the name of God.



Toraa sazad tayaraan dar fazaaye ‘aalam-e-qods
Ba-shart-e aanke beparri ba-baal-e-naam-e-khodaa

You can fly to the spacious sacred world,
If you can provide yourself with the wings of the name of God.



Chu naam-e u shenauwam gar buwad maraa sad jaan
Fedaaye ust ba-‘ezz o jalaal-e-naam-e-khodaa

When I hear the name of God, even if I'd have a hundred lives,
I'd become His devotee by the grandeur and glory of the name of God.



Mo'in ze goftan-e-naamash malul kai gardad
Ke az khodaast malaalat malaal-e-naam-e-khodaa

Mo'in why be tired of the recitation of His name?
You'd be tired of God if you'd be tired of the name of God.

Magrabi says

Ganjî ke telesm-e ust ‘alam mâîm
Zâtî ke sefât-e ust âdam mâîm
Ay ânke tuîy-e tâleb-e ism-e a’zam
Az mâ maguzar ke ism-e a’zam mâîm

The treasure for which the world is the talisman, we are!
The essence whereof Adam was a quality, we are!
O, you! Searching for the Greatest Name,
Do not abandon us as the Greatest Name, we are!

Shaykh Nuroddin Esfaraayini gives this Persian text of the above quatrain on p. 14
of his Kaashef al-asraar:

Chist keh hich suye maa khod nazari namikoni
Haale del shekaste beh battari namikoni
Del bebari o tan ze niro keh to niz chun falaq
Dar haqq kas ‘enaayati bi jagar namikoni.

O, the copy of the divine book, you are.
Ah, the miror of the beauty of the king, you are.
Apart from you there is nothing in the two worlds:
All you want, seek it in yourself, as that you are.

Shaykh Bahâ’î (d. 1621) has written this beautiful poem:

Har dar keh zanam sâheb-e-khâne to-î to
Har jâ keh rawam par to kâshâne to-î to
Dar maykade o dayr jânâne to-î to
Maqsûd-e-man az ka’ba o butkhâne to-î to
Maqsûd-e-to-î ka’ba o butkhâne bahâne

Every door that I knock on, the Lord of the house is You, You!
Every place that I go to, the light in the house is You, You!
In the tavern and in the convent, the Beloved is You, You!
The One I seek in the Ka’ba and the idol temple is You, You!
Your purpose behind the Ka’ba and the idol temple
is to create but a pretext.

Sarmad says

Az manzab-e ‘eshq sar faraazam kardand
Vaz mennat-e khalq bi niyaazam kardand
Chun sham’ dar in bazm godaazam kardand
Az sokhtagi mahram-e raaz kardand

To the dignified station of love I was raised,
And from the favours of the people I was freed.
Like a candle I was melted in this assembly,
By being burnt, in the divine mysteries I was initiated.

Rumi says

Chun gol hamaye tan khandam na az raahe dehaan tanhaa
Ziraa keh manam bi man baa shaah-e jahaan tanhaa

Like the rose, with my whole body I smile and not with my mouth alone;
Because I am, I without I, with the king of the world, alone.

Ai mash’ala-aawardah delraa besahar bordah
Jaan raa berasaan dar del delraa masataan tanhaa

O, bearer of the torch, ravisher of my heart until the early morning,
Lead my soul to my heart, do not take my heart alone!

Az khashm o hasad jaanraa bigaana makon baa del
Aan raa magozaar injaa vin raa bemakhaan tanhaa

Do not estrange my soul from my heart because of anger and envy,
That one, do not leave here and this one, do not invite alone!

Shaahaana payaami kon yak da’vate ‘aami kon
Taa kai bud ai soltaan ien baa to o aan tanhaa

Send a royal message, prepare a general invitation!
Until when, o king, this one with you and that one alone?

Chun dush agar emshab naayi o bebandi lab
Sad shur koniem ai jaan nakoniem foghaan tanhaa

If you, just like last night, do not come tonight and keep silent again,
We’ll cry out one hundred times, o soul, we do not lament alone!

Rumi says

Dar bagh shodam sabuh o gol michiam
Vaz didan-e baaghbaan hami tarsidam
Shirin sokhani ze baaghbaan be shenidam
Gol raa cheh mahall keh baagh raa baghshidam

I was in the garden in the morning and I was gathering roses
And all the time I was afraid that the gardener would see me.
The gardener, however, only spoke these kind words:
‘A few roses are nothing as I give you the complete garden’.

Gar dar dele to gol gozarad gol baashi
Var bolbol biqaraar bolbol baashi
To jozvi o haqq koll ast agar ruzi chand
Andisheye koll pishe koni koll baashi

And if it would be a restless nightingale, be a nightingale!
You are a part and Reality is the Whole,
So for a few days only meditate on the Whole, be the Whole!
If in your heart a rose appears, be a rose!

Zaan zamzameyam ze paye taa sar hame ‘eshq
Haqqa keh be ‘ahdha nayaayam birun
Bar ‘ude delam nawaakht yak zamzameye ‘eshq
Az ‘ahdeye haqq gozaari yakdameye ‘eshq

On the lute of my heart plays only one song of love:
Because of this melody, from head to foot, I am in love.
Truly, for ages I’ll never be able
To pay what I owe for one moment of love.

Baa golrokhe khish goftam ay ghonche dahaan
Har lahze mapôsh chereh chun ‘eshve dahaan
Zad khande keh man be ‘akse khubaane jahaan
Dar parde ‘eyaan baasham o bi parde nehaan.

To my rosy cheeked friend I said: ‘O, you with a mouth like a rosebud!
Do not always hide your face as if you are a flirting girl!’
She laughed and said: ‘Unlike the beauties of this world,
In the curtain I am manifest and without the curtain I am hidden.

Rokhsaar-e to bi neqaab didan natavaan
Didaar-e to bi hejaab didan natavaan
Maadaan keh dar kamaal-e eshraaq bovad
Sar-chashmeye aaftaab didan natavaan.

Without a veil your countenance cannot be seen,
Without a veil your eyes cannot be seen.
Unless one is experiencing complete enlightenment
The source of the sun cannot be seen.

Hasti ke zohur mikonad dar hame shai’
Khaahi ke bari be haale vai baa hame pai
Rav bar sare mai habaab raa bin ke chesaan
Mai vai bovad andar mai o vai dar mai mai

Being manifests Itself in everything.
If you want to discover Its state in everything,
Go and see how the bubbles are on top of the wine:
The wine is they in them and they are wine in the wine!

Hamsaaye o hamneshin o hamrah hame ust
Dar dalaqe gadaa o atlase shah hame ust
Dar anjomane farq o nehaan khaaneye jam’
Be-llaah hame ust summa be-llaah hame ust

Neighbour, companion, fellow traveller, all are He!
In mendicant’s habit and in king’s satin, all are He!
In the assemblies of separation and in the private places of union,
By God, all are He, once again: by God, all are He.

Ai aaine raa daade jalaa’ surat-e-to
Yak aaine kas nadid bi surat-e-to
Nai nai ke ze lotf dar hameye aainehaa
Khod aamade i padid nai surat-e-to

O, radiance has been given to the mirror because of Your face.
No one has ever seen a mirror without Your face.
No, no! It is because of Your grace,
That in every mirror You Yourself appear and not Your face.

Ay dar haram-e qods-e to kas raa jaa nay
‘Aalam beh to peydaa o to khod peydaa nay
Maa o to ze ham jodaaniim ammaa hast
Maa raa beh to haajat o toraa baa maa nay

O, You in whose holy tabernacle none has any place:
The world appears because of You, but of You is no trace.
You and I, we are not separated, but I,
I, though You don’t need me, I am in need of Your grace.

Ay del talab-e kamaal dar madrase chand
Takmil osul-e hekmat o handase chand
Har fekr keh joz zekr-e khodaa waswase ast
Sharmi ze khodaa be-daar in waswase chand

O, heart! How long will you search for perfection in schools?
How long will you try to perfect philosophy, geometry and all its rules?
Every thought which is no remembrance of God is an evil inspiration,
Be modest before God! How long these evil thoughts? (Leave them to fools!)

Maa’im be raah-e ‘eshq puyaan hame ‘omr
Vasl-e to be jedd o jahd juyaan hame ‘omr
Yek cheshm zadan khayaal-e to pish nazar
Behtar ke jamaal-e khubruyaan hame ‘omr

We have run on the path of love all our life,
We have searched with great force for union with You all our life.
To catch one glimpse of You is better for our sight
Than the beauty of earthly beauties all our life.

Har surat-e delkash ke toraa ruyi namud
Khaahad falakash zud ze cheshm-e to robud
Rav del be kasi de ke dar atvaar-e vojud
Bud ast hamishe baa to o khaahad bud.

Each attractive form that shows its face to you,
Destiny will soon steal it from the eyes of you.
Go and give your heart to someone who in all turns of existence
Always has been with you and always will be with you.

Aay khwaaja agar maal agar farzand ast
Peydaa-st ke moddat baqaayash chand ast
Khosh aanke delash be delbari darband ast
Kash baa del o jaan ahl-e del peyvand ast

O, man of importance, perhaps with money and offspring you may start,
But it is clear that with all these after a short time you will have to part.
Happy is he who connects his heart to the Beloved.
And with heart and soul is tied to the folk of heart.

Hafiz says

Bar gir sharaab tarab angiz o biyaa
Penhaan ze raqib-e sefle be-sitez o biyaa
Ma-shnav sokhan-e khasm keh be-neshin o ma-rav
Be-shnav ze man in nokte keh barkhiz o biyaa
 

Take wine, be joyful and come!
Unknown to your mean guardian, persist and come!
Don’t listen to the words of the enemy saying: ‘Sit down and don’t go!’
Listen to my subtle saying: ‘Arise and come!

Mâhi ke qaddesh besarv mimânad râst
Âine bedasto ruye khod miârâst
Dastâr che pishkashesh kardam koft
Waslam talabi ze hai khiâli ke turâst

 

A moon whose stature was straight like a cypress,
Held a mirror in her hand and adorned her face.
When I presented her a handkerchief she then said:
‘You seek union with me? You have quite some imagination!’

To badrî-o khurshîd tora bande shodast
Tâ bandeye to shodast tâ bande shodast
Ze ân ruî ke az shu'â'-e nur-e rokh-e to
Khurshîd-e monîr-o mâh tâ bande shodast

You are the full moon and the sun has become Your slave,
By serving has become Your slave.
For this reason – that from the splendour of the light of Your face,
The illuminating sun and the moon have become Your slave.

Gar hamchu man oftâdeh-e în dâm shavî
Ay bas keh kharâb bâdeh-o jâm shavî
Mâ 'âsheq-o rend-o mast-o 'âlam suzîm
Bâ mâ maneshîn agar na bad nâm shavî

If you are entrapped in this snare like me,
O, often ruined by wine and cup you’ll be.
We the lovers, the rogues, the intoxicated will burn the world:
Do not sit with us or ill of name you’ll be.

Har ruz dilam zîr-e bârî degarast
Dar dîdeye man ze hajr khârî degarast
Man jahd hamîkonam qazâ mîguyad
Bîrun ze kefâyat-e to kârî degarast

Every day my heart carries another burden;
Because of separation, in my eye there is another thorn.
I kept on striving, but fate kept on saying:
‘Beyond what is enough for you, there is another task’.

Mâham keh rokhash rawshanîye khur begereft
Gard-e-khatt-e u cheshmeye kawsar begereft
Delha hameh dar châh-e zanakhdân andâkht-o
Ângah sar-châh-ra be-'ambar begereft

My moon whose visage the brightness of the sun took,
Turning around His down, the fountain of Kawsar took;
She threw all the hearts into the dimple of that chin
And the mouth of that well with amber took.

Ni qesseh-ye ân shama`-e chegel be-tavân goft
Ni hâl-e del-e sukhteh del be-tavân goft
Ghamm dar del-e tang-e man az ânast keh nist
Yek dust keh bâ u ghamm-e del be-tavân goft

Neither the tale of that candle of Chegel one can tell,
Nor about the state of the burnt heart one can tell.
There is grief in my distressed heart because there is
Not one friend to whom the grief in one’s heart one can tell.

Nai dawlat-e donya besetam mîarzad
Nai lazzat-e hastîyash-e alam mîarzad
Na haft hezâr sâleh shâdîye jahân
În mehnat-e haft ruz-e gham mîarzad

During tyranny the treasures of the world have no value;
During grief the delights of existence have no value;
The seven thousand years of joy of the world
Compared to the sorrow of seven days of adversity have no value.

Chun ghonchaye gol qarâbaye pardâz shavad
Narges behavâye maî qadah-e sâz shavad
Fârigh-e del ânkasî keh mânand habâb
Ham dar sar-e maîkhana sar-andâz shavad

When the rosebud an emptier of flagons becomes,
The narcissus in desire of wine a maker of goblets becomes.
Independent of heart is that one who like the bubble,
Even at the gate of the tavern intrepid becomes.

În gol ze bar hamnafsî mîâyad
Shâdî bedelam azu basî mîâyad
Paîwasta az ân ruî konam hamdamîash
Kaz rang-e dîm buye kasî mîâyad

This rose, which from the Friend may come,
Produces a joy that often from Him in my heart may come.
Ever and anon, therefore, I consider it as a companion of Him,
So that from the colour of its appearance the scent of Someone may come.

Ayyâm-e shabâbast sharâb aulîtar
Bâ sabz-khattân bâda-e nâb aulîtar
'Âlam hama sar besar rebâtîst-e kharâb
Dar jâye kharâb ham kharâb aulîtar

It is the time of youth, wine is better,
For one with a youthful beard, pure wine is better.
The world is from end to end a ruined inn:
In a ruined place to be ruined as well is better.

Sailâb gereft gerd-e vîrânaye 'omr
Va aghâz porî nihâd paimânaye 'omr
Bîdâr shou ay khwâja keh khush khush bekashad
Hammâl-e zamâna rakht az khânaye ‘omr

The torrent surrounded the circle of this ruined life
And established the beginning of the fullness of the cup of life.
Awake, o master, so that the porter of time
Will happily and merrily carry your goods from your house of life.

Tâ hokm-e-qazâî âsmânî bâshad
Kâr-e-to hamîsha kâmrânî bâshad
Gar jâm-e-may ze dast-e-to nosh konam
Sarmâya-ye-‘aysh jâwadânî bâshad.

 

As long as the decree of heavenly fate shall be,
Your work always one of happiness shall be.
If I may drink from the wine-cup of your hand,
Then the source of eternal life it shall be.

Goftam keh labat goft labam aab-e-hayaat
Goftam dahanat goft ze hay hobb-e nabaat
Goftam sokhan-e to goft Haafez goftaa
Shaadiye hame latifeye guyaan-e salavaat

I said that your lip said: ‘My lip is the water of life’.
I said that your mouth said: ‘Careful, it is love’s sugarcandy’
I said that your speech said: Hafez has said:
‘It is the joy of all those who with subtlety say their prayers’.

Hafiz says

Joz naqsh-e-to dar nazar nayâmad mâra.
Joz kuy-e-to rahgozar nayâmad mâra.
Khvâb âr che khosh âmad hameh ra dar ‘uhdat
Haqqâ ke be chesham dar nayâmad mâra.

Nothing comes in our eyes except Your face.
Except Your lane we have no other path to trace.
If it is so that as a duty sleep comes joyfully to everyone,
But, in truth, our eyes it does not grace.

~

When you whirl, your eye sees the room whirling, too.
If you sail in a ship over the sea,
it seems the seashore is running past.
If your heart is oppressed with struggle,
the whole atmosphere of the world feels tight;
but if you are happy as your friends would wish,
this world seems to be a garden of roses.
Rumi

n silence things take form, and we must wait and watch. In us, in our secret depth, lies the knowing element which sees and hears that which we do not see nor hear. All our perceptions, all the things we have done, all that we are today, dwelt once in that knowing, silent depth, that treasure chamber in the soul. (Kahlil Gibran)

Why are you so afraid of silence, silence is the root of everything.
If you spiral into its void, a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear.
(Rumi)