Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Rumi: Love, You Are the Mother


Love, what sort of thing are you?
You carry so much along.

You gather many together,
and then scatter them. You love to stay home
and let everything else keep watch at your door.

Love, you are the mother,
every human being is your child.

- Rumi, from Soul Fury
Translated by Coleman Barks

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