Say, I Am You
Author: Rumy
I am dust particles in sunlight.
I am the round sun.
To the bits of dust I say, Stay.
To the sun, Keep moving.
I am morning mist,
and the breathing of evening.
I am wind in the top of a grove,
and surf on the cliff.
Mast, rudder, helmsman, and keel,
I am also the coral reef they founder on.
I am a tree with a trained parrot in its branches.
Silence, thought, and voice.
The musical air coming through a flute,
a spark of stone, a flickering in metal.
Both candle and the moth crazy around it.
Rose, and the nightingale lost in the fragrance.
I am all orders of being, the circling galaxy,
the evolutionary intelligence, the lift, and the falling away.
What is, and what isn't.
You who know, Jelaluddin,
You the one in all, say who I am.
Say I am you.
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Your embrace some form
saying, "I am this."
By God, you are not this
or that or the other
you are "Unique One"
"Heart-ravishing"
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Posted: Jun 2011
Comments (8)
Thanks for posting this beautiful poem of his.
To the bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving... To Rumi, I embrace your writing. To Kamrani, You who know, Jelaluddin, I embrace your sharing. Thank you.
In appreciation of your appreciation of this beautiful poetry.