I want a trouble-maker for a lover,
Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame,
Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate,
Who burns like fire on the rushing sea.
— #862: From Rumi’s Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi.
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).
Translated by Zara Houshmand
Posted in: Kandace, Wizards in Space
Posted on 15/10/2012 by Kandace Mavrick
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