<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div>we came whirling</div><div><br></div><div>out of nothingness</div><div><br></div><div>scattering stars</div><div><br></div><div>like dust</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>the stars made a circle</div><div><br></div><div>and in the middle</div><div><br></div><div>we dance</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>the wheel of heaven</div><div><br></div><div>circles God</div><div><br></div><div>like a mill</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>if you grab a spoke</div><div><br></div><div>it will tear your hand off</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>turning and turning</div><div><br></div><div>it sunders</div><div><br></div><div>all attachment</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>were that wheel not in love</div><div><br></div><div>it would cry</div><div><br></div><div>"enough! How long this turning?”</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>every atom</div><div><br></div><div>turns bewildered</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>beggars circle tables</div><div><br></div><div>dogs circle carrion</div><div><br></div><div>the lover circles</div><div><br></div><div>his own heart</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>ashamed,</div><div><br></div><div>I circle shame</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>a ruined water wheel</div><div><br></div><div>whichever way I turn</div><div><br></div><div>is the river</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>if that rusty old sky</div><div><br></div><div>creaks to a stop</div><div><br></div><div>still, still I turn</div><div><br></div><div><div>and it is only God<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">circling Himself</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 72px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"> </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Jelalludin Rumi</div><div><br></div><div>(Translated by Daniel Liebert)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>