THE GIFT-BY RUMI

You've no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to
bring You.
Nothing seemed right.
What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or
water to the Ocean.
Everything I came up with was like taking spices to
the Orient.
It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you
already have these.
So- I've brought you a mirror.

‘YOU’ ARE THE VEIL-BY RUMI
If you could get rid
of yourself just once,
The secret of secrets
Would open to you.
The face of the unknown,
Hidden beyond the universe
Would appear on the
Mirror of your perception.

BE A CLEAR MIRROR
The Divani Shamsi Tabriz, XIII

Let go of your worries

and be completely clear-hearted,

like the face of a mirror

that contains no images.

If you want a clear mirror,

behold yourself

and see the shameless truth,

which the mirror reflects.

If metal can be polished

to a mirror-like finish,

what polishing might the mirror

of the heart require?

Between the mirror and the heart

is this single difference:

the heart conceals secrets,

while the mirror does not.