"Say I'm you"

Rumi Poem, Leila and Majnun

Majnun saw Layla's dog and began kissing it
running around like a haji circling the Ka’aba.
bowing to ist paws, holding ist head, scratching
its stomach, giving it sweets and rosewater.
'You Idiot,' said someone passing by.
'Dogs licks their privates and sniff
excrement on the road. This is insane,
the intimate way you treat that dog.'
'Look through my eyes', said the lover.
'See the loyalty, how he guards the house
of my Friend, how he’s so glad to see us.
Whatever we feel, grief, the simple delight
of being out of the sun, he feels
that with us completely
Don’t look too much at surface actions.
Discover the lion, the rose of his real nature.
Friend, this dog is a garden gate into the invisible.’
Anyone preoccupied with pointing out what’s wrong
misses the unseen. Look at his face!