Rumi
Persian Sufi mystic and poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (1207 to 1273), founder of the Mevlevi Order; his family hailed from Balkh and he is buried in Konya; author of the Masnavi.
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Our reading
Only someone whose garment is torn by the violence of love is wholly pure of covetousness and sin
Their wordsOnly he whose garment is rent by the violence of love Is wholly pure from covetousness and sin.
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 1st of 8 in this piece
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Our reading
Their wordsThe lover's ailment is different from all ailments; Love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries.
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 2nd of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsHowever much we describe and explain love, When we fall in love we are ashamed of our words.
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 3rd of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsNaught but Love itself can explain love and lovers!
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 4th of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsWhosoever has a doubt or disquietude in his heart Is a secret denier and philosopher.
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 5th of 8 in this piece
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Our reading
The knowledge of people of heart lifts them up, while knowledge of the body weighs them down
Their wordsThe knowledge of men of heart bears them up, The knowledge of men of the body weighs them down.
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 6th of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsYou name His name; go, seek the reality named by it! Look for the moon in heaven, not in the water!
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 7th of 8 in this piece
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Their wordsPatience will accomplish thy desire, not haste. Be patient, God knows what is best.
↗Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)en.wikisource.org 8th of 8 in this piece
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