Rumi
The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences.\ Trained in Sufism—a mystic tradition within Islam—Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. Many of Rumi’s poems speak of a yearning for ecstatic union with the divine Beloved. But his images bring...
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The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences. Trained in Sufism—a mystic tradition within Islam—Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. Many of Rumi’s poems speak of a yearning for ecstatic union with the divine Beloved. But his images bring the sacred and the earthy together in startling ways, describing divine love in vividly human terms. This volume draws on a wide variety of translations—from the early twentieth century to the present—of Rumi’s deeply moving, sensually vibrant poetry.
The guest house17And he is with us18Come, beggars19My worst habit20The marriage of true minds21You and I22The friend who said 'I'23The phrasing must change25Saladin's begging bowl27One by one29A community of the spirit32Look at love34How long will you hide36Quatrains38Of being woven41Clothes abandoned on the shore43The diver's clothes lying empty45The root of the root of your self46Does personality survive?48All my friends51The fragrant air52Don't be bitter my friend53The waterwheel54Search the darkness55In every breath56A mouse and a frog58Quatrains60The weeping flute63What a man can say64The world which is made of our love for emptiness65I am the slave who set the master free66Restless67Quietness69The perfect man70The true Sufi72The birds of Solomon73Love and fear74If you don't have76The pull of love78Elegy for Sana'i80Quatrains81Story water85The soul of prayer87The bird on the city-wall88'Here am I'89Solomon's crooked crown90The evil in ourselves91The blind follower93The Sufi in the orchard94The truth within us95The treasure-seeker96Gnats inside the wind98The far mosque99The monk who searched for a man100The thief in the orchard101Fine feathers102The foal that would not drink103An empty garlic104The camel, the ox and the ram105The man who stole a snake, on the answer to prayer106Galen and the madman107Omar and the man who thought he saw the new moon108Red shirt109The grammarian and the boatman110The three brothers and the Chinese princess111Quatrains119If you stay awake122Asleep to the world124Reality and appearance126God in nature127Amor agitat molem129Immediate knowledge130Mystics know132The relativity of evil134The soul of goodness in things evil136Good words137The complete artist138An awkward comparison139Spiritual churning140The necessary foil141Tradition and intuition142Someone digging in the ground143The elephant in the dark, on the reconciliation of contrarieties144The ladder to heaven145Love is reckless147Feeling and thinking148Tending two shops149The parable of the anxious cow151The greedy wife and the cat152The dog in the doorway153The carnal soul155Acts of helplessness156Mystical perception158The world of time160Quatrains161The mouse and the camel164My secret beloved166This is love168Only you169You are my life171Talking through the door172As your sword175Sweep the dust off the sea176You ask me178The wine of love180You are drunk181A great wagon183You are184Did I not say to you186Quatrains188The divine factory192Chickpea to cook193The uses of tribulation195You have seized me by the ear198Enough words?199Die now201Remembered music202Do you break our harp, exalted one204The flute weeps205Everywhere207I am209Whatever happens212If a tree could move on foot or wing214Where everything is music216The unseen power218Song of the reed219If you can only reflect222The ascending soul223The progress of man224Where did it all go226The negative way227Dissolver of sugar229The heart is like a grain of corn230Quatrains231Deification234We came whirling236Two discourses239
