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
Walk to the well. Turn as the earth and the moon turn, circling what they love. Whatever circles comes from the center.
Things are such that someone lifting a cup, or watching the rain, petting a dog, or singing, just singing - could be doing as much for this universe as anyone.
My souls sits in silence, and then asks again, where are you in all of this?
Feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise.
I belong to the beloved. Have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know. ...First, Last, Outer, Inner, only that breath breathing. HUMAN BEING.
Live life as if its rigged in your favor.
The body's a mirror of heaven: Its energies make angels jealous. Our purity astounds seraphim. Devils shiver at our nerve.
We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat!...
You are dreaming your thirst when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck.
I should sell my tongue and buy a thousand ears when that One steps near and begins to speak.
Flowers open every night across the sky, a breathing peace, and sudden flame catching.
If I hold you with my emotions, you'll become a wished-for companion.
Nothing can nourish the soul but LIGHT. Rid yourself of material needs and be set FREE.
Trade your cleverness for bewilderment.