you are forever my shining sun...by Rumi

How long should i bear
this distressed life
because of hopes and fears
all those piled up thoughts
filling my brain
with hopes and fears

pour into my throat
whatever has been
my share of life

don’t make me wait forever
like a knocker on a door
with hopes and fears

these moments i feel
i’ve lost all my colors
because of hopes and fears

you are forever
my shining sun and
i am like this poem
restless with hopes and fears.

~ Rumi
– Ghazal 876
Translation by Nader Khalili
“Rumi, Fountain of Fire”;
Cal-Earth Press, 1995