Thursday, 28 June 2012

Keep singing. ~ Rumi

The birds have 
flown to freedom, 

The cage 
lies empty. 

Your happy songs
bring to me
the scent of heaven.

Please
keep singing.

~ Rumi
Translation by Azima Melita Kolin
and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999

1 comment:

  1. Birds are free from the cage
    cage is empty from the birds

    Where have you flown from
    to be so happy

    I can smell eternity
    in your songs

    ~ Rumi
    Translation by Nader Khalili
    Rumi, Dancing the Flame
    Cal-Earth Press, 2001

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