IGNORANCE

I didn’t know love would make me this
crazy, with my eyes
like the river Ceyhun
carrying me in its rapids
out to sea,where every bit
of shattered boat
sinks to the bottom.

An alligator lifts its head and swallows
the ocean, then the ocean
floor becomes
a desert covering
the alligator in
sand drifts.

Changes do
happen. I do not know how,
or what remains of what
has disappeared
into the absolute.

I hear so many stories
and explanations, but I keep quiet,
because I don’t know anything,
and because something I swallowed
in the ocean
has made me completely content
with ignorance.

Autor: Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi)

IGNORANCE<br /><br />I didn’t know love would make me this<br />crazy, with my eyes<br />like the river Ceyhun<br />carrying me in its rapids<br />out to sea,where every bit<br />of shattered boat<br />sinks to the bottom.<br /><br />An alligator lifts its head and swallows<br />the ocean, then the ocean<br />floor becomes<br />a desert covering<br />the alligator in<br />sand drifts.<br /><br />Changes do<br />happen. I do not know how,<br />or what remains of what<br />has disappeared<br />into the absolute.<br /><br />I hear so many stories<br />and explanations, but I keep quiet,<br />because I don’t know anything,<br />and because something I swallowed<br />in the ocean<br />has made me completely content<br />with ignorance. - Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi)

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