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
The waterwheel accepts water and turns and gives it away, weeping.
Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I remember when my soul heard something from your soul. I drank water from your spring and felt the current take me.
Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty.
The Water said to the dirty one, “Come here.” The dirty one said, “I am too ashamed.” The water replied, “How will your shame be washed away without me?
I drank water from your spring and felt the current take me.
The water has a Water that is driving it; The spirit has a Spirit that is Calling it.
Inside of us, there's a continual autumn. Our leaves fall and are blown out over the water.
Water the fruit trees and don’t water the thorns.
Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.
There is no room for hypocrisy. Why use bitter soup for healing when sweet water is everywhere?
Its good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.
There are many languages in the world; in meaning all are the same. If you break the cups, water will be unified and will flow together
Know that the outward form passes away, but the world of reality remains forever. How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug? Leave the jug; go, seek the water!
Search, no matter what situation you are in. O thirsty one, search for water constantly. Finally, the time will come when you will reach the spring.