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
Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself
Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.
Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?
Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.
There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.
Now is the time to unite the Soul and the world.
Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.
Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.
Dance when you're perfectly free.
You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you,
Your eyes are even smaller, yet they behold the world.
Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.