March 27, 2009

Kite Runner

I  just watched Kite Runner. It's an excellent movie. i love the Mevlana Rumi poem recited by the main character, Amir when he was a boy, fleeing to Pakistan as a refugee during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Here is the poem (from Mathnawi 1 , 1510 - 1513)

Who are we in this complicated world?
if we come to sleep we are His drowsy ones.
and if we come to wake we are in His hands.
if we come to weeping, we are His cloud full of raindrops. and if we come to laughing, we are His lightning in that moment.
if we come to anger and battle, it is the reflection of His wrath.
and if we come to peace and pardon, it is the reflection of His love.
who are we in this complicated world?

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