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All Jalāl ad-Din ar-Rumi Pages (350)

Breaking the World

Lesson 66: Breaking the World Apart A tumult of drunkenness Falls from heaven Falling from this height Breaks the world apart. - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of… View »

From the Ashes of Illusion

Lesson 65: From the Ashes of Illusion Hope for the death of hope The Bird of Paradise is born From the ashes of illusion Bird with your wings and Eye of Fire - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated… View »

Lesson 64: My Life in Your Hands Seizing my life in your hands, you thrashed it clean On the savage rocks of Eternal Mind. How its colours bled, until they grew white! You smile and sit back; I… View »

Embrace

Lesson 63: Embrace Today, this once, my Beloved, don't go, accept This frail tattered flower, this thorn-on-fire Take in, coquette, this sad-eyed shabby client Embrace, flawless full moon, my b… View »

The Beloved

Lesson 62: The Beloved Suddenly, the face of the world grows dim The Beloved appears from behind his veil How my heart shivers and burns for Him! All the nine heavens shine sad with love - J… View »

Divine Realities

Lesson 61: Divine Realities Before "gardener" or "vine" or "grape" existed in this world Our soul was drunk with the Eternal Wine. We proclaimed "I am the Supreme Reality" In the Baghdad of the… View »

The Eternal Idea

Lesson 60: The Eternal Idea You may seem to be the microcosm; In fact, you are the macrocosm. The branch might seem like the fruit's origin: In fact, the branch exists because of the fruit. Wou… View »

The Soul He Loves

Lesson 59: The Soul He Loves When for a second I am the soul he loves I shatter the worlds. Unlovable, hard, in misery. I tear myself from earth like a tree. - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated… View »

Dreaming

Lesson 58: Dreaming My heart sank smoking into your heart's inferno The world's stream flashed with your flame-water... Split-second vision that burned away reason If I was dreaming, I will die… View »

I Ran to Him

Lesson 57: I Ran to Him I ran to him. 'I've missed you' he said. Liar! Then: 'I want your life' He can have it, but not for a few days. It's worth nothing: I just want him to beg. - Jalal-ud… View »