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| Floriade Nightfest lampcages. From Amal. |
If I had any judgment and skill on my own,
my consideration and plans
would all be under my control.
At night my consciousness
would not leave against my will,
and the birds of my senses
would be secured within my own cage.
I would be aware of the stages journeyed by the soul
in unconsciousness, in sleep, in times of trouble.
But since my hand is made empty
by His sovereign power to loosen and to bind,
O, I wonder,
from whom comes this self-conceit of mine?
-Rumi, translated by Kabir Helminski.
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