Rumi - Undressing
U N D R E S S I N G
Learn the alchemy true human beings know;
the moment you accept what troubles you've been given,
the door will open.
Welcome difficulty as a familiar comrade.
Joke with torment brought by the friend.
Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets
that serve to cover, then are taken off.
That undressing,
and the naked body underneath,
is the sweetness that comes after grief.
I just began reading Rumi: The Big Red Book compiled by Coleman Barks. I bought it ages ago; I think it was last year but here I am, only reading it now. I'll post a few poems that I love, or that resonate with me and my life, and post them here each week Insya Allah. :-)
Learn the alchemy true human beings know;
the moment you accept what troubles you've been given,
the door will open.
Welcome difficulty as a familiar comrade.
Joke with torment brought by the friend.
Sorrows are the rags of old clothes and jackets
that serve to cover, then are taken off.
That undressing,
and the naked body underneath,
is the sweetness that comes after grief.
I just began reading Rumi: The Big Red Book compiled by Coleman Barks. I bought it ages ago; I think it was last year but here I am, only reading it now. I'll post a few poems that I love, or that resonate with me and my life, and post them here each week Insya Allah. :-)