forgetting what doesn’t pass away…
Why are you so blind to what the soul needs?
Weep for yourself as when a cloud weeps,
and then the branch freshens. As when a candle
releases tears and gets brighter.
Wherever people grieve over anything,
you should sit with them and grieve louder,
because you have an even better right to moan.
They lament for what passes away.
You cry for your forgetting what doesn’t.
(Rumi)
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“As when a candle
releases tears and gets brighter.” … and a candle looks standing straight from one angle but sometimes tilted from the other angle …