on insomnia by Rumi

When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep.

Praise God for these two insomnias!
And the difference between them.

translated by Robert Bly

3 thoughts on “on insomnia by Rumi

Leave a reply to Carol Balawyder Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.