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[qos]

Copied from today's daily_rumi


What do you really possess,
and what have you gained?
What pearls have you brought up
from the depth of the sea?
On the day of death,
bodily senses will vanish:
do you have the spiritual light
to accompany your heart?
When dust fills these eyes in the grave,
will your grave shine bright?

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-- Mathnawi II:939-941
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski



This is particularly apt, given a recent conversation.

Comments

[oakmouse]

"For soon the grass will green grow o'er us/Be sure the crop above is glorious."

Very apropos.