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The Poet Seers » Rumi » Rumi – Love Poems » Defeated by Love

Defeated by Love

The sky was lit
by the splendor of the moon

So powerful
I fell to the ground 

Your love
has made me sure 

I am ready to forsake
this worldly life
and surrender
to the magnificence
of your Being

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From: Love Poems of Rumi – Deepak ChopraTranslated by: Fereydoun Kia
Edited: Dr Deepak Chopra 

Republished with permission of: Chopra centre

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