by Rumi
We search this whole world
for the great untying
of what was wed to us at birth,
but it gets untied at dying.
We sleep beside a stream, thirsty.
We wander from room to room
hunting for the diamond necklace
that is already around our neck.
We have a channel into the ocean,
yet we ask for water from a little pool.
Sloshing knee-deep in fresh river-water,
yet we keep wanting a drink
from other people’s water-bags.
There’s a basket of fresh bread on our head,
yet we go door to door asking for crusts.
There is a fountain flowing deep inside of us,
yet we walk around with an empty bucket.
Riding on our horses,
we go from village to village
asking: Has anyone seen my horse?
We search for Beloved here and there
while looking right at Him.
Sitting by His side we ask:
O Beloved, where is the Beloved?
We sit here for days wondering,
this life is strange business.
No, we are the strange business!
We have the energy of sun in us,
but we keep knotting it up
at the base of our spines.
We’re some weird kind of gold
that wants to stay melted in the furnace,
so we won’t have to become coins.
Cursing and unhappy our whole lives,
we finish up in a niche of ruins,
inches away from the treasures.
Cut your chains, my friends,
and release all your pain.
Silverwares and golden robes,
you must always refrain.
How long will you beg and bargain
for material things of this world
while Love is waiting?
How long before you rise above
your ego-driven pursuit of: How do I look or how much can I make?
If you try to fit the ocean in a jug,
how small will be your drinking mug?
Never filled you overambitious boys
and the ever so greedy girls,
only when fully satisfied,
oyster makes pearls.
Rumi
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