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The Love Poems of Rumi
by Mevlana Rumi
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Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi (named after the city where he lived) composed works of mysticism and desire that inspired countless people in his own time and throughout...(more)
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Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi : Persian sufi mystic
Wed Feb 25 12:21:34 UTC 2009
Source: The Love Poems of Rumi, Page: 35-36
Contributed by: Tsuya.
Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi said

A lover asked his beloved,
Do you love yourself more
than you love me?

The beloved replied,
I have died to myself
and I live for you.

I've disappeared from myself
and my attributes.
I am present only for you.

I have forgotten all my learnings,
but from knowing you
I have become a scholar.

I have lost all my strength,
but from your power
I am able.

If I love myself
I love you.
If I love you
I love myself.

Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi : Persian sufi mystic
Wed Feb 25 12:04:26 UTC 2009
Source: The Love Poems of Rumi, Page: 50
Contributed by: Tsuya.
Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi said

Both light and shadow
are the dance of Love.
Love has no cause;
it is the astrolabe of God's secrets…
Lover and Loving are inseparable
and timeless.

Although I may try to describe Love,
when I experience it, I am speechless.
Although I may try to write about Love,
I am rendered helpless;
my pen breaks, and the paper slips away
at the ineffable place
where Lover, Loving and Loved are one.

Every moment is made glorious
by the light of Love.