Rumi, The Ultimate Poet
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, and more popularly and simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. Iranians, Turks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy across the past seven centuries. However, Rumi has built up a fan following in the western world because of his simple love poems. Let's check out his poems:
Love's secret is always lifting its head out from under the covers to say, "Here I am!"
The Cage Is Open - Fly!
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?
Be Grateful For Everything
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.
It's Raining Blessings
Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.
No Meeting Place
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
Becoming A Poet
In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems.
Wash Yourself Clean And Become Pure
Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.
Mixed Feelings Make You A Champ
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches you by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.
No More Tears
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
When Daylight Pierces Through
Daylight, full of small, dancing particles. Can you see them when I whisper in your ear?
Exchange Clever For Wonder
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.
The Goldmine Is Within You
Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?
Become A Praying Mantis
There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.
An End To Words
Stop the words now. Open the window in the centre of your chest. Let the spirits fly in and out.
Tap Your Inner Resources
Why should I stay at the bottom of a well, when a strong rope is in my hand?
Route To Freedom
A secret freedom opens through a crevice you can barely see.
Growing On All Fronts
My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold.
Take The First Step
As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.
Why Crawl, When You Can Fly
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape.