I haven't come here to settle down.
I've come here to depart.
I am a merchant with lots of goods,
selling to whoever will buy.
I didn't come to create any problems,
I'm only here to love.
A Heart makes a good home for the Friend.
I've come to build some hearts.
I'm a little drunk from this Friendship-
Any lover would know the shape I'm in.
I've come to exchange my twoness,
to dissapear in One.
He is my teacher. I am His servant.
I am a nightingale in His garden.
I've come to the Teacher's garden
to be happy and die singing.
They say "Souls which know each other here,
know each other there."
I've come to know a Teacher
and to show myself as I am.
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Comments1WOW, TALK ABOUT A BLAST FROM THE PAST! THIS BEAUTY TOOK ME STRAIGHT BACK TO MY YOUNGER DAYS. THE DEPTH AND WISDOM IT HOLDS, NEVER FAILS TO AMAZE ME, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I READ IT. I WONDER, DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL THE DUALITY OF LOSS AND GAIN IN THIS POEM? THE LOVELY UNION OF THE SELF WITH THE FRIEND, IT'S SO PROFOUND. CAN ANYONE ELSE MAKE SENSE OF THE IDEA OF LOVE BEING PORTRAYED IN SUCH A UNIQUE WAY? I THINK ITS BRILLIANCE LIES IN THE MYSTERY OF ITS MEANING, DON'T YOU?