Hometown Streets

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

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A Rumi Poem
Composed by Garo Altinian
English version by Coleman Barks

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HOMETOWN STREETS

Sleep dissolves your mind
But how do the insane sleep?
What do the love-crazed know
Of night-and-day differences?

God-Lovers, mostly in another world
Read another book with another eye.
Try changing to a bird or a fish
Be lost on some road inside the beloved.

You will not know what a matzoub feels
Until you are one of them
Shams sets these new lights a drift
Through our hometown streets,
the universe.

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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