Dark Wine
Dark Wine - meaning Summary
Choose Sacred Ecstatic Wine
Rumi uses the extended metaphor of wine to describe differing spiritual states. Some intoxicants — sleep, hashish, romantic frenzy — release the self but are mixed with fear or worldly urgency. True union comes from sacred presence: the saints’ wine is pure, unmotivated, and sovereign. The poem urges discernment; seek ecstatic experience that liberates without attachment or need, choosing deep, unadulterated longing over lesser distractions.
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