Sergei Polunin // Rumi - Frames

Video taken from "Meet Qatar Day" - "Songs of the distant earth"
The event was part of Year of Culture Qatar-Russia.
Music by composer kirill Richter
The voice over you will hear was added to the performance and it wasn't a part of the original. It consists of 3 Rumi's poems which are
1.The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
2. For awhile we lived with people,
but we saw no sign in them of the faithfulness we wanted.
It's better to hide completely within
as water hides in metal,
as fire hides in rock.
3. You have no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You.
Nothing seemed right.
What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean.
Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient.
It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these.
So I've brought you a mirror.
Look at yourself and remember me.