BEING A LOVER IS CLOSE TO BEING A WORKER. WHEN THE RUBY BECOMES THE SUNRISE, THE TRANSPARENCY CHANGES TO A DAILY ROUTINE. THERE IS A STORY ABOUT A SUFI WHO RIPS HIS ROBE AND GIVESIT THE NAME FARAJI,WHICH MEANS "RIPPED OPEN" OR "HAPPINESS" OR "ONE WHO BRINGS THE JOY OF BEING OPENED" iT COMES FROM THE STEM FARAJ, WHICH ALSO REFERS TO THE GENITALS, MALE AND FEMALE. THE SUFI TEACHER SEES THE PURITY OF THE NAME AND THE ACTION, WHILE OTHERS NOTICE ONLY HIS RAGGED APPEARENCE.
PEACE AND COMPASSION COME AS COVERINGS ARE THROWN OPEN AND THE STREAMING BEAUTY OF EMOTION FLOWS THROUGH THE LOVER-WORKER.
RUMI SUGGESTS IN ANOTHER POEM THAT BEING HUMAN IS A GUEST HOUSE WHERE TRAVELLERS ARE WELCOMED AND ENTERTAINED.THE WORK IS TO BE A GOOD HOST AT THE CARAVANSERAI.
Ganoba
excerpt from Essential Rumi
translated by Coleman Banks
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