Glad you enjoyed Ilia! I've actually written poetry about trees myself but they are no where near as beautiful nor pure as the Rumi one. In fact, they are just the opposite, full of angst. :(
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"Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men." ~~~Thomas Henry Huxley~~~
New Blossoms, by Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Islamic poet/mystic
(not my translation, mind you)
Sit near someone who has had the experience. Sit under a tree with new blossoms.
Walking the section of the market where chemists sell essences, you will receive conflicting advice.
Go towards kindness. If you are not sure where that is, you will be drawn in by fakes.
They will take your money and sit you down on their doorstep saying, Ill be right back. But they have another door they leave by.
Do not dip your cup in a pot just because it has reached the simmering point.
Not every reed is sugarcane. Not every under has an over.
Not every eye can see. Or it may be you cannot thread the needle because it already has thread in it.
Your loving alertness is a lantern. Keep it protected from wind that makes it crazy.
Instead of that airy commotion live in the water that gently cools as it flows. Be a helpful friend, and you will become a green tree with always new fruit, always deeper journeys into love.
Come on people! Post some of your favorite poetry as an 'offering' to the weekend! :)
WHEN YOU ARE OLD By William Butler Yeats...
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
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"Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men." ~~~Thomas Henry Huxley~~~
