A Sabbath Poem (Rumi - 3)

PROBLEM WITH HUMAN "GOD TALK"
~ by Jalaludin Rumi (1207-1273)

 
Those who don't feel this Love
                pulling them like a river,
                those who don't drink dawn
                like a cup of spring water
                or take in sunset like supper,
                those who don't want to change,  

let them sleep.  

This Love is beyond the study of theology,
                that old trickery and hypocrisy.
                If you want to improve your mind that way,  

sleep on.                  

I've given up on my brain.
                I've torn the cloth to shreds
                and thrown it away.  

             

If you're not completely naked,
                wrap your beautiful robe of words
                around you,  

and sleep.

(Like This: Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks, Maypop Books 1990)