[Sunlight] Without you -- Quatrain 910

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Today, Sunlight offers two presentations of Quatrain 910 - a
version by Barks, derived from a translation by Moyne, and a
version by Star, derived from a translation by Shiva:


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I planted roses, but without you they were thorns.
I hatched peacock eggs. Snakes were inside.
Played the harp, sour music.
I went to the eighth heaven. It was the lowest hell.

- Version by Coleman Barks and John Moyne
Unseen Rain
Quatrains of Rumi
Threshold Books, 1986

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I plant some flowers without you,
they become thorns.
I see a peacock, it turns into a snake.
I play the rubaab – nothing but noise.
I go to the highest heaven, it's a burning hell.

- Version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva
A Garden Beyond Paradise
The Mystical Poetry of Rumi
Bantam Books, 1992

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[Sunlight] Without you -- Quatrain 910