A RUMI Poem For You...
Looking For Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it.
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for.
Today I have found you
and those that laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did.
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you with a hundred eyes.
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold.
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine.
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow.
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
and you have made radiant
for me
the earth and sky.
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer.
--Rumi
(Click on Rumi's name for more info about this ecstatic Sufi poet!)
tags: Jaibhakti, Rumi, Sufism, spirituality, poetry
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it.
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for.
Today I have found you
and those that laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did.
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you with a hundred eyes.
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold.
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine.
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow.
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
and you have made radiant
for me
the earth and sky.
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer.
--Rumi
(Click on Rumi's name for more info about this ecstatic Sufi poet!)
tags: Jaibhakti, Rumi, Sufism, spirituality, poetry
Labels: @jaibhakti, Bhakti Brophy, Coleman Barkes, Jai Bhakti, jaibhakti, Looking For Your Face, poetry, Rumi
posted by Unknown at 11:23 AM
8 Comments:
Bhakti,
Stopped by after a while. So beautiful, so evocative...
Blissfully,
Antarananda.
ANTARANANDA: So glad that you have visited. I have not been blogging much lately, so your timing is perfect. It's always great to read the words of Rumi, no?
Thank you for your heartfelt comment. :)
Blessings, Bhakti
I love the poetry of rumi
Linkey
Nice one ,
According to me , the best one is
"Afraid of GOD , to call it divine"
gr8
Marvellous!
as usual, Rumi found a way to express volumes in such a short, concise and eloquent manner that only one touched by god could even attempt.
Bhakti,
a wonderful choice... made my evening..
-jeremiah
thankyou for this beautiful poem. I used it in my blog and quoted yours. Blessings! come visit if you want: art and poetry! namaste:)
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