All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire. - Rumi

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All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.

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About Rumi

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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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
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You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,

but sometimes I do, and that
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من درد ترا ز دست آسان ندهم
دل بر نکنم ز دوست تا جان ندهم
از دوست به یادگار دردی دارم
کان درد به صد هزار درمان ندهم
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