O Friend, the flag of your love flies forever...by Rumi

O Friend,
the flag of your love flies forever,
Never comes down.
The one who doesn't have Love
is lost and deprived.

The wind of Your love is calling
from the essence Of all existence,
"My greatness brought you Back to life.
My greatness is greater than great."

Love is the foundation, the essence of our lives.
The one who runs away from love
and goes to the other shady place
is the one who is deprived.

How lucky is the one
who could read them; such writings
Have been written on the face of the lover.

O one who is submerged in all this trouble
And is frowning, for his sake watch me
And listen to my words.

O one who follows the desire of self,
lowers his mind And falls down;
be sure that the fastest way to ascend
To exaltation is to lower the Self.

O one who was involved with the beloved
and forgot his livelihood,
Beloved is more than enough for support,
For a defender for you.

~ Rumi
Divan-i Kebir
Meter 4
Verse 2331
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