It is a sign of intimate friendship
when speech flows freely from the heart
Without intimacy,
the flow is blocked.
When the heart
has seen the sweetheart
how can it remain bitter ?
When a nightingale
has seen the rose
How can it keep
from singing ?
~ Rumi
Mathnawi VI:2638-2639
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
“Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance”
Threshold Books, 1996
Art by Frederick Morgan |
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