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Слушать(AI)I See so Deeply Within Myself
I see so deeply within myself.
Not needing my eyes,
I can see everything clearly.
Why would I want to bother my eyes
Now that I see the world through His eyes?
Excerpt from Rumi, 'Thief of Sleep' translated by by Shahram Shiva
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi my
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