The Circle Around the Zero
A lover doesn't figure the
odds.
He figures he came clean
from God
as a gift without a reason,
so he gives without cause
or calculation or limit.
as a gift without a reason,
so he gives without cause
or calculation or limit.
A conventionally religious
person
behaves a certain way
to achieve salvation.
behaves a certain way
to achieve salvation.
A lover gambles everything,
the self,
the circle around the zero! He or she
cuts and throws it all away.
the circle around the zero! He or she
cuts and throws it all away.
This is beyond
any religion.
any religion.
Lovers do not require from
God any proof,
or any text, nor do they knock on a door
to make sure this is the right street.
or any text, nor do they knock on a door
to make sure this is the right street.
They run,
and they run.
and they run.
~ Rumi
~
(Version by Coleman Barks,
Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion)
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