May 17, 2011

 

No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy!

Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God.

A thousand new moons appear.  Roses open laughing.

Hearts become perfect rubies like those from Badakshan.

The body turns entirely spirit.  Leaves become branches in this wind!

                  

      - Rumi, from The Illuminated Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks