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If You Can't Go To Sleep - A poem by Rumi
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Rumi (September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273) was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic born in Balkh, in what is now Afghanistan. Over the years Rumi composed nearly 30,000 verses.
If You Can't Go To Sleep
by Rumi
if you can't go to sleep
my dear soul
for tonight
what do you think will happen
if you pass your night
and merge it with dawn
for the sake of heart
what do you think will happen
if the entire world
is covered with the blossoms
you have labored to plant
what do you think will happen
if the elixir of life
that has been hidden in the dark
fills the desert and towns
what do you think will happen
if because of
your generosity and love
a few humans find their lives
what do you think will happen
if you pour an entire jar
filled with joyous wine
on the head of those already drunk
what do you think will happen
go my friend
bestow your love
even on your enemies
if you touch their hearts
what do you think will happen
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Rumi: Fountain of Fire, A Celebration of Life and Love, CalEarth Press, 1994
Translated from the Persian by Nader Khalili.
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