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Where My Love Is
A loved one said to her lover
“O youth, thou hast seen many cities abroad.
Which of them, then, is the fairest?”
He replied, “The city where my sweetheart dwells.”
Wherever the carpet is spread for our King,
’tis a spacious plain though it be narrow as the eye of a needle.
Wherever there is a Joseph beautiful as the moon,
’tis Paradise, even if it be the bottom of a well.
Rumi, Masnavi, Book III
A certain village received a visit from a holy man and there was great excitement when he announced that he would take all those who came to him to heaven. The assembly was packed as the villagers flocked to him – all except a young man who was well known for his devotion. When this was brought to the attention of the holy man, he sent for the youngster and after greeting him kindly, asked him: “Only you have stayed away. Why is that?”
The young man humbly replied: “Well, I have a guru but I don’t know where he dwells. If you take me to heaven and he is not there, that will be hell for me. Please leave me here because even hell will be heaven if he remains.”
Traditional story
Volume 10 · Issue 7
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