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29 May 2009 @ 10:04 pm
Exactly what I had in mind  
I am engulfed in thine words, oh Rumi.

The smell of pride and greed and lust
will betray you when you speak
as much as the onions you have eaten.
Many prayers are rejected because of their smell;
the corrupt heart reveals itself in the tongue.
But if your meaning is pure,
God will welcome even your clumsy expression.

-- Mathnawi III: 166;169;171
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
 
 
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