object:1.jr - On the Night of Creation I was awake
author class:Jalaluddin Rumi
subject class:Poetry
class:chapter
English version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva Original Language Persian/Farsi & Turkish On the Night of Creation I was awake, Busy at work while everyone slept. I was there to see the first wink and hear the first tale told. I was the first one caught in the hair of the Great Imposter. Whirling around the still-point of ecstasy I spun like the wheel of heaven. How can I describe this to you? You were born later. I was a companion of that Ancient Lover; Like a bowl with a broken rim I endured his tyranny. Why shouldn't I be as lustrous as the King's cup? I have lived in the room of treasures. Why shouldn't this bubble become the sea? I am the secret that lies at its bottom... Shhhh... no more words Hear only the voice within. Remember, the first thing He said was: "We are beyond words." [2509.jpg] -- from A Garden Beyond Paradise: Love Poems of Rumi, by Jonathan Star / Shahram Shiva <
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