Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of poverty,
having nothing and wanting nothing.
having nothing and wanting nothing.
I am a naked man standing inside a mine of rubies,
clothed in red silk.
clothed in red silk.
I absorb the shining and now I see the ocean,
billions of simultaneous motions moving in me.
billions of simultaneous motions moving in me.
A circle of lovely, quiet people
becomes the ring on my finger.
becomes the ring on my finger.
Then wind, and the thunder of rain on the way.
I have such a teacher.
---Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks
I have such a teacher.
---Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks
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