Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Now children run through me

I used to be shy.
You made me sing.

I used to refuse things at table.
Now I shout for more wine.

In somber dignity, I used to sit
on my mat and pray.

Now children run through me
and make faces at me.

~Rumi
Translated by Coleman Barks.

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