Come
Come - form Summary
Rubai's Concise, Open Invitation
The poem is a compact rubai that uses a brief quatrain and urgent repetition to create an immediate, inclusive appeal. In a few lines the speaker issues repeated imperatives — Come
— dissolving barriers and assuring that past failures do not exclude the seeker. The rubai's brevity concentrates this welcome, making the voice both intimate and expansive; the poem reads like a door held open. Its form supports Rumi's spiritual message: universality of love and continual opportunity for return without judgement.
Come, come, whoever you are. Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.
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