Monday, July 16, 2007

No Grief


The wise Prophet has said that no one who dies
and dismounts from the steed of the body
feels grief on account of departure and death,
but only for missed opportunities and having failed in good works.

Truly everyone who dies wishes
that their arrival at their destination might have come sooner:
the wicked: in order that their wickedness might have been less;
and the devoted: in order that they might have reached Home more quickly.

... Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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