Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī - Today

Today I sit with wine and drinkers.
Today I do not need the puritan or the chaste.
Today none asks what is the drink or who is drunk.
Today the Saqi hands the wine and smiles.
Talk not of the night of separation today.
Today I meet my Beloved and embrace.
Today is celebration and song and Saqi's eyes.
Today the cup, the jug and wine.
Today I'm drunk and forget morning, noon and night.
Today time passes, and we do not know it's passed.
Today all is tumult and all is joy and mischief,
The gathering is alive with presence divine.
Forgetting of our selves, we worship the wine.
Today all we desire is the Saqi's bounty.
Today Shams of Tabriz showed his rivals the way
By the wine of Oneness, not by trivial talk.

[krishnaswamy]

May his voice be heard more and more. Saintly and sane. Much needed ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[miglenas]

Then may today last only one day, and all the rest hold the hands that hug you...today as if it is ethernity - and a day.