"New Year's Day is come" Maulana Rumi -Mathnawi
- davidsmith208
- Dec 28, 2016
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Rumi Quote
Leave this topic, O father: New Year's Day is come: the creatures have had their mouths made sweet by the Creator.
The spiritual Water (of Life) has returned into our river-bed, our King has returned into our street.
Fortune is strutting and (proudly) trailing her skirt and beating the drums (as a signal) to break vows of repentence.
Once more the flood-water has swept repentance away: the opportunity has arrived, the watchman is overcome by sleep.
Every toper has drunk the wine and is intoxicated: tonight we will pawn all our belongings.
From (drinking) the ruby wine of the life-increasing Spirit we are ruby with ruby within ruby.
Once more the assembly-place has become flourishing and heart-illuminating: arise and burn rue-seed to keep off the evil eye.
The cries of the joyous drunken (lovers) are coming to me: O Beloved, I want it (to continue) like this unto everlasting.
Maulana Rumi, Mathnawi, Book VI, line 940,
Page 310, translated by Nicholson
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