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Rumi Poems

Close the Language-Door

There is some kiss we want
with our whole lives,
the touch of Spirit on the body.

Seawater begs the pearl
to break its shell.

And the lily, how passionately
it needs some wild Darling!

At night, I open the window
and ask the moon to come
and press its face against mine.
Breathe into me.

Close the language-door,
and open the love-window

The moon won't use the door,
only the window.

From: Like This Versions of Rumi by Coleman Barks

Index of Rumi Poems

Links to other Rumi sites

• Coleman Barks
  Website of Coleman Barks, one of the foremost translators of Rumi
• Rumi Poems
  Rumi Odes & Quatrains by Shahram Shiva
• The Way of the Heart
  Ecstatic poetry and teaching stories of Rumi on CD