Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Who is Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (جلالالدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (Persian: مولانا, lit. 'our master') and Mevlevî/Mawlawī (Persian: مولوی, lit. 'my master'), but more popularly known simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. H...
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Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Poems
- Le Temple De L'amour
Le temple de l'amour n'est pas l'amour lui-même;
Le véritable amour est le trésor,
Pas les murs.
N'admirez pas la décoration,
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- Der Tempel Der Liebe
Der Tempel der Liebe ist nicht die Liebe selbst;
Wahre Liebe ist der Schatz,
Nicht die Wände darüber.
Bewundern Sie die Dekoration nicht,
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- El Templo Del Amor
El templo del amor no es el amor mismo;
El verdadero amor es el tesoro
No las paredes al respecto.
No admires la decoración,
...
- Defeated By Love
The sky was lit
by the splendor of the moon
So powerful
I fell to the ground
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- I See So Deeply Within Myself
I see so deeply within myself.
Not needing my eyes, I can see everything clearly.
Why would I want to bother my eyes again
Now that I see the world through His eyes?...
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- Dilberwali1: the moon has become a dancer
at this festival of love.
this dance of light,
this sacred blessing,
this divine love,
beckons us
to a world beyond
only lovers can see
with their eyes of fiery passion...
mewlana jalaluddin rumi
- Shahmarouf: "a strange passion is moving in my head. my heart has become a bird which searches in the sky.
every part of me goes in different directions. is it really so
that the one i love is everywhere?"
-mewlana jalaluddin balkhi rumi
- Samapikamishr11: like the shadow i am and i am not
~mewlana jalaluddin rumi
- Cultureaz_: the exhibition organized jointly with the embassy of latvia in azerbaijan covers the poetry of one of the most distinguished poetic geniuses of the orient mewlana jalaluddin rumi.
- Komolbegg: a stone i died and rose again a plant;
a plant i died and rose an animal;
i died an animal and was born a man.
why should i fear? what have i lost by death?
~ mewlana jalaluddin rumi, a stone i died
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