A Mine of Rubies – Rumi

I looked inward

And the beauty of my own emptiness
………. filled me till dawn.

It enveloped me like a mine of rubies
Its hue clothed me in red silk

~ Rumi

Poem from Rumi, In the Arms of the Beloved, Translations by Jonathan Star
Image: In The Storm, by Suus Wansink, CC BY 2.0

Further Reading...

In Silence – Rumi Love Religion: Sufism, Rumi & Ibn Arabi Rumi: This is the Miracle … Tao: Even More Glimpses … via Jonathan Star The Way: Sufi Tao – Elias Amidon