Rumi
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
A welcoming devotional fragment associated with Rumi and the path of return.
Why return to it: It belongs to the generous spiritual mood of return: the door remains open even after wandering.
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Original / source text
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving — this is not a caravan of despair.
English transliteration
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Bāz ā, bāz ā, har ānche hastī bāz ā...
Poetic English rendering
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Come back, whoever you are. Even if you have broken yourself against the road many times, the way of return has not closed.