“The Grapes of My Body Can Only Become Wine…” by Rumi
The grapes of my body can only become wine After the winemaker tramples me. I surrender my spirit like grapes to his trampling So my…
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“The Housewife and the Chickpea” by Rumi
Look at a chickpea in the pot, how it leaps up when it is subjected to the fire. At the time of its being boiled,…
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“Passion” by Rumi
Translation #1 Passion burns down every branch of exhaustion; Passion is the Supreme Elixir and renews all things; So don’t sigh heavily, your brow bleak…
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“I’ve Had Enough” by Rumi
Come my Beloved, come don’t turn away from me, come my deceitful Moon! Look at this forlorn and thirsty lover come my drunken Sweetheart! You…
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“Love’s Apocalypse, Love’s Glory” by Rumi
Love’s Apocalypse, Love’s Glory One breath from the breath of the Lover Would be enough to burn away the world, To scatter this insignificant universe…
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15 Mystical Kiss Poems
“He Kissed Me Once” by Bahar Saied He kissed me once and stole my lips and robbed me from sleep I am scared if he…
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“One Day In Your Wineshop” by Rumi
One day in your wineshop, I drank a little wine, And threw off this robe of my body, And knew, drunk on you, the world…
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“The Guest House” by Rumi
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected…
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Rumi on Death: 22 Quotes on the Meaning of Death and Rebirth
Rumi, the thirteenth-century poet, was a master of death. As one of the world’s greatest mystics, he had the supreme experience of “dying before he…
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“Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing” by Rumi
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,There is a field. I’ll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass,The world is too full…
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