First Post
Hello Readers, Welcome to the blog "The Wings of the Simorgh". It is an attempt to bring poetry of Sufi poets to the blogosphere. Although I am aware there are already many blogs that do this, I thought it would be fun and informative to post poems and stories of poets. The poetry posted will many be of Persian Sufi poets, but if a poem that crosses me is profound, I will not hesitate from posting it here. The first Poem here is by Rumi, called "Death as Wedding Day with the Beloved" On the day I die, don’t weep. Don’t say she’s gone/he’s gone. Death has nothing to do with going away. The moon sets and the sun sets, but they’re not gone. Death is a coming together. The human seed goes down into the ground like a bucket, and come up with some unimaginable beauty! Your mouth closes here and immediately opens with a shout of joy there! This poem is dedicated to a friend who recently lost his father, this loss is unbearable, yet Rumi reminds us that death is