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
You soak up my soul and mingle me. Each drop of my blood cries out to the earth. We are partners, blended as one.
In this earth, in this immaculate field, we shall not plant any seeds except for compassion, except for love.
You don't live on the earth, you are passing through it.
Earth tries to work sorcery on us, saying Tomorrow, Tomorrow, but we outwit that spell by enjoying this now.
I feel like the earth, astonished at fragrance borne in the air, made pregnant with mystery from a drop of rain.
When you are dead, seek for your resting place not in the earth, but in the hearts of men.
Walk to the well. Turn as the earth and the moon turn, circling what they love. Whatever circles comes from the center.
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?
Our purpose here on earth: to manifest the very nature of our spirit, which is touched by the spirit of God.
I came to this earth so that I could find my way back to my Beloved.
When lovers of life get ready to dance, the earth shakes and the sky trembles.
You are more valuable than both heaven and earth. What else can I say? You don’t know your own worth.
If you put your heart against the earth with me In serving every creature, our Beloved will enter you From our sacred realm, and we will be, we will be So happy.
The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.