Rumi Quotes

Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.

خبرت هست که در شهر شکر ارزان شد؟
خبرت هست که دی گم شد و تابستان شد؟

Let yourself becoming living poetry

I once had a thousand desires,
But in my one desire to know you
all else melted away.
The pure essence of your being
has taken over my heart and soul.
Now there is no second or third,
only the sound of your sweet cry.
Through your grace I have found
a treasure within myself.
I have found the truth of the Unseen world.
I have come upon the eternal ecstasy.
I have gone beyond the ravages of time.
I have become one with you!
Now my heart sings,
“I am the soul of the world.

نحن من أولئك الذين يفرحون دون ذهب أو ثروات
نحن هادئون فى ألالم وساكنون فى الخوف
وألى آخر دورة الفلك، نحن فرحون بالاستسلام
لاتظن أننا مثلك، فرحون نصف فرحة.

A King Inside Who Listens

There are many people with their eyes open
whose hearts are shut. What do they see?
Matter.

But someone whose love is alert,
even if the eyes go to sleep,
he or she will be waking up thousands of others.

If you are not one of those light-filled lovers,
restrain your desire-body's intensity.
Put limits on how much you eat
and how long you lie down.

But if you are awake here in the chest,
sleep long and soundly.

Your spirit will be out roaming and working,
even on the seventh level.

Muhammad says, I close my eyes and rest in sleep,
but my love never needs rest.

The guard at the gate drowses.
The king stays awake.

You have a king inside who listens
for what delights the soul.

That king's wakefulness
cannot be described in a poem.

The real beloved is your beginning and your end.
When you find that one,
you'll no longer expect anything else

Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you,
As a fish out of water hears the waves . . . Come back. Come back.
This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.

یا دیدن دوست یا هوایش

Love is an emerald.
Its brilliant light wards off dragons
On this treacherous path.

كنتُ أطلبُ شخصًا مِن جنسي، لكي أجعلَه قِبلةً وأتوجهُ إليه، فقد مللتُ مِن نفسي.

You are my wine, my joy,
My garden, my springtime,
My slumber, my repose,
Without you, I can't cope.

My love, you are closer to me than myself...
You shine through my eyes,

Your light is brighter than the Moon...
Step into the garden so all the flowers...
Even the tall poplar can kneel before your beauty...
Let your voice silence the lily famous for its hundred tongues,

When you want to be kind...
You are softer than the soul...
But when you withdraw...
You can be so cold and harsh.

Dear one, you can be wild and rebellious...
But when you meet him face to face...
His charm will make you docile like the earth,

Throw away your shield and bare your chest...
There is no stronger protection than him.

That's why when the Lover withdraws from the world...
He covers all the cracks in the wall...
So the outside light cannot come though,

He knows that only the inner light illuminates his world!

The pathless path opens

whenever you genuinely say, There is no reality but God. There is only God.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.