Rumi
Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mawlānā/Mevlânâ, Mevlevî/Mawlawī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 September 1207
I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light.
I drank that Wine of which the Soul is its vessel. Its ecstasy has stolen my intellect away. A Light came and kindled a Flame in the depth of my Soul. A Light so radiant that the sun orbits around it like a butterfly.
You cannot learn about Love, LOVE appears on the wings of grace.
Your task? To work with all the passion of your being to acquire an inner light.
Oh, wandering One, if you are in search of the greatest treasure, don't look outside. Look within, and seek That.
Listen to presences inside poems, Let them take you where they will. Follow those private hints, and never leave the premises.
Let yourself be gently pulled by the deeper desire of what you want.
Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.
In this earth, in this immaculate field, we shall not plant any seeds except for compassion, except for love.
When the ocean surges, don't let me just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!
Lovers have heartaches That can't be cured by drugs Or sleep, Or games, But only by seeing their beloved.
Half-heartedne ss doesn't reach into majesty.
I want that love that moved the mountains. I want that love that split the ocean. I want that love that made the winds tremble. I want that love that roared like thunder. I want that love that will raise the dead. I want that love that lifts us to ecstasy. I want that love that is the silence of eternity.
When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind