Like ThisIf anyone asks youhow the perfect satisfactionof all our sexual wantingwill look, lift your faceand say, Like this. When someone mentions the gracefulnessof the nightsky, climb up on the roofand 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 imageabout clouds gradually uncovering the moon, slowly loosen knot by knot the stringsof 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 meansto "die for love, " pointhere. If someone asks how tall I am, frownand measure with your fingers the spacebetween 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 edgeof the door to surprise us Like this. . Jalaluddin Rumi
About This Quote

"Like This" is a song by the British singer Sade from her album Soldier of Love. The lyrics refer to a woman's desire for a lover, and expresses the emotions that she feels in the midst of it when she sees him after a long time when she was away from him.

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