Dance With Beauty And Healing

We are healers, wise men from the East!

We have cured many from sorrow and blindness,

we uproot the cause of all pain.

We bring the dead to life because

we have learned our skills from Christ,

ask those who have witnessed our signs.

We mix our medicine from plants of paradise

and need no instruments

for we run through the body like thought.

We are the healers of spirit and do not look for reward.

But before we leave,

remember not to speak of us, guard your words

for this world is full of unfriendly ears.

-- Ghazal (Ode) 1474 Translated by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam MafiRumi: Hidden MusicHarperCollins Publishers