You are the drop, and the ocean

You are the drop, and the ocean.
You are kindness, you are anger,
You are sweetness, you are poison.
Do not make me more disheartened.
You are the chamber of the Sun,
You are the abode of Venus,
You are the garden of all hope.
Oh, Beloved, let me enter.

You are our moon upon this earth,
Our dawn that breaks by night,
Our shield in dangerous times,
My cloud of honeyed rain.

You have branded my heart,
It will not err elsewhere.
Without others, I can cope;
Without you, I cannot.
You are my wine, my joy,
My garden, my springtime,
My slumber, my repose,
Without you, I can’t cope.

He is my water
And he is my bread.
His garden of hope
Is beyond compare.

You are the first, you are the last,
You are outside, inside my head,
You are the king, and the sultan,
And the chamberlain, and the guide.
You are far away, you are near,
You are before me, and behind,
You are the malevolent friend,
You are the sting and the nectar.

RUMI