Job 33:28

Wednesday, October 16, 2002

She is the Creator: Rumi

There's a tradition that Muhammad said,
"A wise man will listen and be led by a woman,
while an ignorant man will not."
Someone too fiercely drawn by animal urges
lacks kindness and the gentle affections
that keep men human.
Anger and sharp desiring are animal qualities.
A loving tenderness toward women
shows someone no longer pulled by wanting.
The core of feminine comes directly as a ray of the sun.
Not the earthly figure you hear about in love songs;
there's more to her mystery than that.
You might say she's not from the manifest world at all,
but the creator of it.

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