you see no center
you’re so ego ridden
within your shell
your senses are
the brain of your body
and your brain
the sense of your soul
remember
that there is a friend
within your soul
once you surpass
the body sense and soul
there is nothing but the friend
Translation by Nader Khalili
Rumi, Dancing the Flame
Cal-Earth Press, 2001
Don’t forget the nut, being so proud of the shell,
The body has its inward ways,
the five senses. They crack open,
and the Friend is revealed.
Crack open the Friend, you become
the All-One.
Version by Coleman Barks
"Unseen Rain"
Threshold Books, 1986
Deafened by the voice of desire
you are unaware the Beloved
lives in the core of your heart.
Stop the noise,
Translation by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999
