I have two ways of loving You: A selfish one And another way that is worthy of You.
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- 2023-03-19 13:14:11
Turkey: 19 March 2023: I have two ways of loving You:
A selfish one
And another way that is worthy of You.
In my selfish love, I remember You and You alone.
In that other love, You lift the veil
And let me feast my eyes on Your Living Face.
Rabia al Basri #Sufism
-- from Doorkeeper of the Heart: Versions of Rabia, Translated by Charles Upton
Here Rumi connects his words with Bibi Rabia Basri in the following lines:
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you,
but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.
If one day in my life I spend a moment without you
from that hour and that time I would repent my life.
If one day I am given a moment in solitude with you
I will trample the two worlds underfoot and dance forever.
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