Rumi

Oct 19, 2010 13:24




You are my face; no wonder I don't see You:
such closeness is a mystifying veil.
You are my reason; it's no wonder I don't see You,
because of all this perplexity of thought.
You are nearer to me than my jugular vein.

~ Mathnawi: VI: 666-668
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

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