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 want to say words that flame as I say them, but I keep quiet and don't try to make both words fit in one mouthful.
Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.
Love is the reality, and poetry is the drum.
Many have been led astray by the Qur'an: by clinging to that rope many have fallen into the well. There is no fault in the rope, O perverse man, for it was you who had no desire to reach the top.
He who tastes not, knows not.
How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire.
They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls?
But learn this custom from the flower: silence your tongue.
Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death.
Love rushed into my veins emptying me of myself. Now filled with the Beloved my only possession is my name.
My religion is to be alive from LOVE.
Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure.
A Breath of love can take you all the way to infinity
Love is a mirror. In it you see nothing except your reflection. You see nothing except your real face.