Like This

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  If anyone asks you
  how the perfect satisfaction
  of all our sexual wanting
  will look, lift your face
  and say,

  Like this.

  When someone mentions the gracefulness
  of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
  and dance and say,

  Like this.

  If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is,
  or what "God’s fragrance" means,
  lean your head toward him or her.
  Keep your face there close.

  Like this.

  When someone quotes the old poetic image
  about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
  slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
  of your robe.

  Like this.

  If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
  don’t try to explain the miracle.
  Kiss me on the lips.

  Like this. Like this.

  When someone asks what it means
  to "die for love," point
  here.

  If someone asks how tall I am, frown
  and measure with your fingers the space
  between the creases on your forehead.

  This tall.

  The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
  When someone doesn’t believe that,
  walk back into my house.

  Like this.

  When lovers moan,
  they’re telling our story.

  Like this.

  I am a sky where spirits live.
  Stare into this deepening blue,
  while the breeze says a secret.

  Like this.

  When someone asks what there is to do,
  light the candle in his hand.

  Like this.

  How did Joseph’s scent come to Jacob?

  Huuuuu.

  How did Jacob’s sight return?

  Huuuu.

  A little wind cleans the eyes.

  Like this.

  When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
  he’ll put just his head around the edge
  of the door to surprise us

  Like this. 

© Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi