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The BELOVED is all in all, the lover only veils Him; The BELOVED is all that lives, the lover a dead thing. When the lover feels no longer LOVE's quickening, He becomes like a bird who has lost its wings. Alas! How can I retain my senses about me, When the BELOVED shows not the light of His countenance? LOVE desires that this secret should be revealed, For if a mirror reflects not, of what use is it? Knowest thou why thy mirror reflects not? Because the rust has not been scoured from its face.
Source Masnavi, Book I, Prologue, §4 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, the lover fades away before the Beloved, that is, God: all life comes from Him, and the heart is a mirror that reflects Him as soon as the rust is removed. Today, notice a little “rust” that dulls your heart, a grudge or a worry, and polish it away with forgiveness or an act of kindness.
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