Religion
Love's Slavery
Translated by William Hastie, after Rückert's German (1903) · From The Festival of Spring (1903)
Come, and be Love's willing Slave;
Thee Love's Slavery will save.
Leave the Slavery of the World,
Take Love's Service, sweet and brave.
The Free, the World makes enslaved;
Aye to Slaves, Love Freedom gave.
As the Bird freed from the Egg,
From the World release I crave.
Free me from the Shell that clings;
Give me Life as from the Grave.
O Love, the Quail in Spring's Free Fields,
In Songs of wildest Joy must rave.
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MLA
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. “Love's Slavery.” Translated by William Hastie, after Rückert's German. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rumi/73/.
Chicago
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. “Love's Slavery.” Translated by William Hastie, after Rückert's German. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rumi/73/.
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