Poem: Spring Giddiness by Rumi

Spring Giddiness 

by Rumi

 Today, like every other day, we wake up empty 

 and frightened. Don't open the door to the study 

 and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. 

 Let the beauty we love be what we do. 

 There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. 

 The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. 

 Don't go back to sleep. 

 You must ask for what you really want. 

 Don't go back to sleep. 

 People are going back and forth across the doorsill 

 where the two worlds touch. 

 The door is round and open. 

 Don't go back to sleep. 

 I would love to kiss you. 

 The price of kissing is your life. 

 Now my loving is running toward my life shouting, 

 What a bargain, let's buy it. 

 Daylight, full of small dancing particles 

 and the one great turning, our souls 

 are dancing with you, without feet, they dance. 

 Can you see them when I whisper in your ear? 

 All day and night, music, 

 a quiet, bright 

 reedsong. If it fades, 

 we fade. 

sunrise from Mount Tamalpais looking towards San Francisco