I came with many knots in my heart,
like the magician's rope.
You undid them all at once.
I see now the splendor of the Student
and that of the Teacher's art.
Love and this body sit inside your presence,
one demolished, the other drunk.
We smile. We weep. Tree limbs
turning sere, then light green.
From RUMI "Bridge To The Soul" - 2007
Trans. Coleman Barks
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