Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi Poems

You play with the great globe of union,
you that see everyone so clearly
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Oh, if a tree could wander
and move with foot and wings!
It would not suffer the axe blows
and not the pain of saws!
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I see so deeply within myself.
Not needing my eyes, I can see everything clearly.
Why would I want to bother my eyes again
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Last night you left me and slept
your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn
and turn. I say,
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He said, 'Who is at my door?'
I said, 'Your humble servant.'
He said, 'What business do you have?'
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The beauty of the heart
is the lasting beauty:
its lips give to drink
of the water of life.
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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river
moving in you, a joy.
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There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired,
as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts
from books and from what the teacher says,
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The Lovers
will drink wine night and day.
They will drink until they can
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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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