Content With Ignorance

from Rumi Remembered II - Come to the Orchard by Garo and Friends

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A Rumi Poem
Music composed by Garo Altinian
English version by Coleman Barks

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CONTENT WITH IGNORANCE

I did not know that love would make me this crazy,
With my eyes like the River Ceyhun.
Carrying me in its rapids to the sea,
where every bit of my shattered boat sinks to the bottom.

An alligator lifts his head and swallows the ocean.
Then the ocean floor becomes a desert,
covering the alligator in sand drift.

Changes do happen, I don’t know how,
or what remains of what has disappeared
into the absolute.

I hear so many stories and explanations
but I keep quiet beause I don’t know anything,
and because something I swallowed in the ocean
has made me completely content with ignorance

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from Rumi Remembered II - Come to the Orchard, released November 24, 2019

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Garo and Friends Ottawa, Ontario

Garo And Friends are musicians dedicated to playing inspirational and contemplative original compositions by Garo Altinian, inspired by spiritual traditions, in the western pop/folk style. Many talented musicians have been part of the group and participated in various projects, like CD's or concerts, and they have become ‘Friends’ of Garo thus Garo and Friends became known as a band. ... more