Sea of Lavishness

Lesson 318: Sea of Lavishness

I have drowned in His Sea of Lavishness, I am the slave of His Dawn.
He is the wild perfumed rose who drew me to the rose garden.
Drowning in His Sea, all clothes are heavier than iron –
How heavy my turban is to me now, and my robe!
The Kingdom and its treasures, visionary beauties with soft faces,
All are mine, are mine, when my Friend is in me.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)