Night and Sleep is a philosophical piece of literature written by Rumi. Jalal ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi was a Muslim that was born in present day Tajikistan. The poem, which is called Night and Sleep, is supposedly about, well, Night and Sleep. The way I perceived it was of a way of religion and possibly even about perception through the senses.
Click the picture of Rumi for a link to a list of Rumi's quotes.
This is a very long video but watch it and you'll know Rumi's life, in detail.
This was the noted reading we did in class. As you can see our perception was sided towards the religious meaning. But also if you look closely you can see there was a ton of metaphors towards using perception/senses. Also the way I look at it, the stanzas could be in the format of the Pillars of Islam. The head has one true love could be talking about the praying part of the Pillars of Islam. Love is for vanishing in the sky could be the pilgrimage pillar. As you can see this poem could have been perceived in many different ways. I have shown you my way of thinking, answer the poll below with your perception.
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