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----.:. You Worry Too Much .:.----------------.:. You Worry Too Much .:.--------Oh soul,
----you worry too much.
--------You say,
----I make you feel dizzy.
----Of a little headache then,
----why do you worry?
--------You say, I am your moon-faced beauty.
----Of the cycles of the moon and
----passing of the years,
----why do you worry?
--------You say, I am your source of passion,
----I excite you.
----Of playing into the Devil's hand,
----why do you worry?
--------Oh soul,
----you worry too much.
--------Look at yourself,
----what you have become.
----You are now a field of sugarcane,
----why show that sour face to me?
--------You say that I keep you warm inside.
----Then why this cold sigh?
--------You have gone to the roof of heaven.
----Of this world of dust, why do you worry?
--------Oh soul,
----you worry too much.
--------Your arms are heavy
----with treasures of all kinds.
----About poverty,
----why do you worry?
--------You are Joseph,
----beautiful, strong,
----steadfast in your belief,
----all of Egypt has become drunk
----because of you.
--------Of those who are blind to your beauty,
----and deaf to your songs,
----why do you worry?
--------Of those who are blind to your beauty,
----and deaf to your songs,
----why do you worry?
--------Oh soul,
----you worry too much.
--------You have seen your own strength.
----You have seen your own beauty.
----You have seen your golden wings.
----Of anything less,
----why do you worry?
--------You are in truth
----the soul, of the soul, of the soul.
----You are the security,
----the shelter of the spirit of Lovers.
--------Oh the sultan of sultans,
----Oh the sultan of sultans,
----of any other king,
----why do you worry?
--------Be silent,
----like a fish,
----and go into that pleasant sea.
--------You are in deep waters now,
----of life's blazing fire.
--------Why do you worry?
--------Be silent,
----like a fish,
----and go into that pleasant sea.
--------You are in deep waters now,
----of life's blazing fire.
--------Why do you still worry?
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--------From:
----'
Hush Don't Say Anything to God: Passionate Poems of Rumi'
----Translated and produced by
Shahram Shiva----________
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