My Ruthless Companion
Rumi, Mahsa Vahdat
Oh my companion, my ruthless companion
My beloved and my treasurer,
my ally and my secret bearer
On earth you are my moon,
at midnight you are my morning dawn
Oh, my sweet mist, you are my protection
in this storm
You find your way into my soul like
a healing worm
You are my faith and my religion,
a sea of gems brimming
You are a torch to night-farers,
a rope to the drowning
You are a compass to any caravan,
you are my guide
You are my cellmate in this prison,
a laughing master at my side
To be in your presence requires
a hundred times my best stride