Don't Go Back to Sleep
The following is a translation of a poem by Rumi that has resonated with me since I first read it several years ago. I came upon it once again the other day and wanted to share it with you:
The early breeze at dawn
is the keeper of secrets.
Don’t go back to sleep!
It is time for meditation,
time to find what
is your real need.
Don’t go back to sleep!
The door of the One
is open, always.
Don’t go back to sleep!
I’m particularly struck by the commanding nature of the poem, as if I’m being grabbed by my collar and shook into waking up and staying awake, a sort of frustrated pleading, “please, can’t you see how simple it is?!”
So you may take this poem and interpret it through your own lens. What does it speak to you?
The door
is always open.
Don’t
go
back
to
sleep!
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