From Hallaj, I learned to hunt lions, but I became somethin… - Rumi

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From Hallaj, I learned to hunt lions, but I became something hungrier than a lion.

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Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى)‎ (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was an Afghan philosopher, theologian, poet, teacher, and founder of the Mevlevi (or Mawlawi) order of Sufism; also known as Mevlana (Our Guide), Jalaluddin Rumi, or simply Rumi.

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Pen Names: خاموش

Native Name: جلال‌الدین مُحمَّد بلخی

Alternative Names: Jalāluddīn Balkhī Rumī • Jalaladdin Rumi • Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balkhī Rūmī • Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī • Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Balkhī • Jalāladdīn Rūmī • Rūmī • Jalal-e Din Rumi • Jallal ed-Din Muhammad Balkhy • Mawlana Rumi • Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī • Jelaluddin Rumi • Mowlana • Mawlana • Maulana • Mevlevi • Mawlawi • Mevlana • Jalaluddin Rumi • Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi • Jalāl-ad-dīn Rūmī • Jalâloddin Mohammad Rumi

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And he misses her
Like a wind starved sail
He sits knowing what direction to go
But the current keeps pulling him
Down river.

كيف يمكن أن يغادر هذا العالمَ جزءٌ من هذا العالم؟
كيف يمكن أن يترك البللُ المياه؟
ما يجرحك، يباركك…
الظلام شمعتك.
حدودك مسعاك.
يمكنني شرح ذلك، لكنْ قد ينكسرُ
الزجاجُ الذي يغطِّي قلبك
ولا شئء يُصلح ذلك.
هل تكفي هذه الكلمات
أو عليَّ أن أعصرَ منها أكثر؟

I said, “I just want to know you and then disappear.”
She said, “Knowing me does not mean dying.

From Hallaj, I learned to hunt lions, but I became something hungrier than a lion. - Rumi

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