Last night you left me and slept by Rumi
Last night you left me and slept
RumiLast night you left me and slept
your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn
and turn. I say,
‘You and I will be together
till the universe dissolves.’
You mumble back things you thought of
when you were drunk.
MARGINALIA
Still sick, so I canceled my plans. I don’t feel like seeing people anyhow, because of what happened yesterday. I think I will go lie down and bury my head under a sea of pillows. Dream, maybe. Letting this poem lull me to sleep.
ABOUT RUMI
Mowlānā Jalāloddin Balkhi, known in Persia as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī and in the West as Rumi, was born on September 30, 1207, in Balkh Province, Afghanistan, on the eastern edge of the Persian Empire. Rumi was recognized as a great spirit by the poet and teacher Fariduddin Attar. When his father died in 1231, Rumi became head of the madrasah, or spiritual learning community. Rumi fell ill and died on December 17, 1273, in Konya, Turkey. Thousands of visitors of all faiths visit… (more)
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