Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Poems

Love is reckless; not reason.
Reason seeks a profit.
Love comes on strong,
consuming herself, unabashed.
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What the material world values does
not shine the same in the truth of the soul.
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Your grief for what youve lost holds a mirror
up to where you're bravely working.
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I have a fire for you in my mouth, but I have a hundred seals
on my tongue.
The flames which I have in my heart would make one mouth-
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I have been tricked by flying too close
to what I thought I loved.
Now the candleflame is out, the wine spilled,
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Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
no light and no land anywhere,
cloudcover thick. I try to stay
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Don't go anywhere without me.
Let nothing happen in the sky apart from me,
or on the ground, in this world or that world,
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There is a community of the spirit.
Join it, and feel the delight
of walking in the noisy street
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The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
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Lovers share a sacred decree –
to seek the Beloved.
They roll head over heels,
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