{"id":22588,"date":"2012-12-17T13:40:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=22588"},"modified":"2012-12-17T13:40:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T18:40:47","slug":"every-year-the-17th-of-december-is-celebrated-as-the-night-of-rumis-reunion-with-his-beloved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/every-year-the-17th-of-december-is-celebrated-as-the-night-of-rumis-reunion-with-his-beloved\/","title":{"rendered":"Every year the 17th of December is celebrated as the night of Rumi’s reunion with his Beloved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi<\/a> passed away on Dec 17, 1273. This date is known as Sheb-i Arus (Wedding Night<\/a>). Every year the 17th of December is celebrated as the night of Rumi’s reunion with his Beloved.<\/p>\n

When I die
\nwhen my coffin
\nis being taken out
\nyou must never think
\ni am missing this world<\/p>\n

don\u2019t shed any tears
\ndon\u2019t lament or
\nfeel sorry
\ni\u2019m not falling
\ninto a monster\u2019s abyss<\/p>\n

when you see
\nmy corpse is being carried
\ndon\u2019t cry for my leaving
\ni\u2019m not leaving
\ni\u2019m arriving at eternal love<\/p>\n

when you leave me
\nin the grave
\ndon\u2019t say goodbye
\nremember a grave is
\nonly a curtain
\nfor the paradise behind<\/p>\n

you\u2019ll only see me
\ndescending into a grave
\nnow watch me rise
\nhow can there be an end
\nwhen the sun sets or
\nthe moon goes down<\/p>\n

it looks like the end
\nit seems like a sunset
\nbut in reality it is a dawn
\nwhen the grave locks you up
\nthat is when your soul is freed<\/p>\n

have you ever seen
\na seed fallen to earth
\nnot rise with a new life
\nwhy should you doubt the rise
\nof a seed named human<\/p>\n

have you ever seen
\na bucket lowered into a well
\ncoming back empty
\nwhy lament for a soul
\nwhen it can come back
\nlike Joseph from the well<\/p>\n

when for the last time
\nyou close your mouth
\nyour words and soul
\nwill belong to the world of
\nno place no time.<\/p>\n

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