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
Yesterday was glory and joy. Today, a blackened burn everywhere. On the record of my life, these two days will be put down as one
I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls.
Although you see the pit, you cannot avoid it.
There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don't think all ecstasies are the same!
Body of earth, don't talk of earth Tell the story of pure mirrors The Creator has given you this splendor-- Why talk of anything else?
Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone.
To live without you is to be robbed of love and what is life without it? To live without you is death to me, my love but some call it life.
If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill let yourself fall ill.
And he misses her Like a wind starved sail He sits knowing what direction to go But the current keeps pulling him Down river.
Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.
A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.
The day is conscious of itself.
What is the mirror of Being? Non-being. Bring non-being as your gift, if you are not a fool.
There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.