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Bring back the one who left.
Lure him with music
or any irresistible pretext.
If he says, I will be there in a little while,
that is part of his beguiling,
his art that can tie strands of water into knots
and make weavings of the wind.
Do not accept those.
Bring the presence!
Sit down within that and live inside
what is beyond physical beauty,
beyond the sun's extravagance
or the handsomeness of human beings.
Yemen has the most exquisite rubies,
but the one I want to see
coming through the door
is the one who lives here. ~
~ RUMI ~
~ Translated by Coleman Barks
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