INTERNATIONAL RUMI YEAR (VII)
(September 30, 1207–December 17, 1273)
"Only the holder the flag fits into and wind. No flag"

Outside, the freezing desert night.

This other night inside grows warm, kindling.

Let the landscape be covered with thorny crust.

We have a soft garden in here.

The continents blasted,

cities and little towers, everything

become a scorched, blackened ball.

The news we hear is full of grief for that future,

but the real news inside here

is there's no news at all.

(trad. Coleman Barks e John Moyne)

(2007)