The intellectual is always showing off,
the lover is always getting lost.
The intellectual runs away,
afraid of drowning;
the whole business of love
is to drown in the sea.
Intellectuals plan their repose;
lovers are ashamed to rest.
The lover is always alone,
even surrounded by people;
like water and oil, he remains apart.
The man who goes to the trouble
of giving advice to a lover
gets nothing. He is mocked by passion.
Love is like musk. It attracts attention.
Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.
~Rumi~
Note: Rumi was a 13th Century Islamic Poet, Saint, and Spiritualist. He challenged the hypocrisy so often found in religion, and wrote of the deep love between the human and the Divine. He lived as he wrote, and his works still inspire us to live in a state of love and compassion.
Love and Light
xxx
the lover is always getting lost.
The intellectual runs away,
afraid of drowning;
the whole business of love
is to drown in the sea.
Intellectuals plan their repose;
lovers are ashamed to rest.
The lover is always alone,
even surrounded by people;
like water and oil, he remains apart.
The man who goes to the trouble
of giving advice to a lover
gets nothing. He is mocked by passion.
Love is like musk. It attracts attention.
Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.
~Rumi~
Note: Rumi was a 13th Century Islamic Poet, Saint, and Spiritualist. He challenged the hypocrisy so often found in religion, and wrote of the deep love between the human and the Divine. He lived as he wrote, and his works still inspire us to live in a state of love and compassion.
Love and Light
xxx
