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
In the middle of my heart, a star appeared, and the seven heavens were lost in its brilliance.
You must ask for what you really want.
With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.
God put thorns around the Love's door to stop anyone who's not a Lover from entering.
Don't look to anyone for your needs, for the One who created you, waters you.
LOVE comes of its own free will, it can't be learned in any school!
All the world Loves You, but You are nowhere to be found, Hidden and yet . . . completely obvious!
Lose your soul in God's Love... I swear there is no other way !
Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.
Your spirit is mingled with mine what touches you, touches me.
The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.
There is no Love greater than Love with no object. For then you, yourself, have become love, itself.
The spirit is so near that you can't see it! But reach for it... don't be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don't be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.
If you want what visible reality can give, you are an employee. If you want the unseen world you are not living with your truth. Both wishes are foolish, but you'll be forgiven for forgetting that what you really want is loves confusing joy.