PoemAny Lifetime
Author / PoetRumi
TagsLifetime, Poison, Purify, Sleep

Any lifetime that is spent without seeing the master
Is either death in disguise or a deep sleep.
The water that pollutes you is poison;
The poison that purifies you is water.

Rumi
Rumi
30 Sep 1207 - 17 Dec 1273
Region: Southern Asia
Period: Medieval
Movement: Sufi

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