Musings
Poetry by Rumi
SHE IS THE CREATOR
There is a tradition that Muhammad said,
"A wise man will listen and be led by a woman,
while an ignorant man will not."
Someone too fiercely drawn by animal urges lacks kindness
and the gentle affections that keep men human.
Anger and sharp desiring are animal qualities.
A loving tenderness toward woman shows
someone no longer pulled along by wanting.
The core of the feminine comes directly as a ray of the sun.
Not the earthy figure you hear about in love songs;
there's more to her mystery than that.
You might say she's not from the manifest world at all,
but the creator of it.