Names

You should try to hear the names the Holy One has for things.
There is something in the phrase: “The Holy One taught him names.”
We name everything according to the number of legs it has;
The other one names it according to what is inside.
Moses waved his stick; he thought it was a “rod.”
But inside its name was “dragonish snake.”
We thought the name of Umar was “agitator against God,”
But in eternity his name is “the one who believes.”
No one knows our name until out last breath goes out.
-Rumi