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Sallahddin
09-04-12, 21:35
Great Poet , Mystic ...Jalaluddin Rumi
People can be inspired by this great man , especially in these troubled times
Bron : Jalaluddin rumi .com
Biography :
http://wn.com/Kabir_Helminski-The_Pocket_Rumi/#/book
watch these short videos about the man :
Jalaluddin Rumi (http://wn.com/jalaluddin_rumi?upload_time=all_time&orderby=relevance)
Publications :
http://wn.com/Kabir_Helminski-The_Pocket_Rumi/#/book
Sallahddin
10-04-12, 20:46
Quote :
"....Therefore it behoves me to shorten my discourse
Arise , O son , burst thy bonds & be free
How long wilt thou be captive to silver & gold ?
Though thou pour the ocean into thy pitcher
It can hold no more than one day' store
The pitcher of the desire of the covetous never fills
The oyster-shell fills not with pearls till it is content
Only he whose garment is rent by the violence of love
Is wholly pure from covetousness & sin
Hail to thee , then , O LOVE, sweet madness
Thou who healst all our infirmities
Who art the physician of our pride & self-conceit
Who art our Plato & our Galen
Love exalts our earthly bodies to heaven
And makes the very hills to dance with joy
O lover , 't was love that gave life to mount Sinai
When "it quaked & Moses fell down in a swoon "
Did my beloved only touch me with his lips
I, too, like the flute , would burst out in melody
But he who is parted from them that speak his tongue
Though he possess a hundred voices , is perforce dumb
When the rose has faded & the garden is whitered
The song of the nightingale is no longer to be heard
The BELOVED is all in all, the lover only veils Him
The BELOVED is all that lives, the lover a dead thing
When the lover feels no longer LOVE's quickening
He becomes like a bird who has lost its wings , Alas
How can i retain my sense about me
When the BELOVED shows not the light of His countenance?
LOVE desires that this secret should be revealed
For if a mirror reflects not , of what use is it ?
Knowest thou why thy mirror reflects not ?
Because the rust has not been scoured from its face
If it were purified from all rust & defilement
It would reflect the shining of THE SUN OF GOD
O, friends , ye have now heard this tale
Which sets forth the very essence of my case...." End Quote
Bron : The spiritual couplets of Rumi
Notes :
1-Love signifies the strong attraction that draws all creatures back to reunion with their creator
2- Self-annihilation leads to eternal life in God the universal Noumenon, by whom all phenomena subsist
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Beautiful poet really
As Iqbal said : what's the use of eating & sleeping like the beasts
Life without purpose , without ideals , without action , withought the struggle for ideals ...is nothing , not worth living
Purpose & ideals gotta be the driving force for the self , the latter that can be strengthened by love
Sallahddin
17-04-12, 21:40
Nice ..........