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Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

About Jelaluddin Rumi

Timeline (1207 - 1273)

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English version by
Coleman Barks

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

[82] Today, like every other day, we wake up empty

Themes

Lover and Beloved

Recommended Books

	Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
	East Window: Poems from Asia, Translated by W. S. Merwin
	The Essential Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
	The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia, with Lectures by Inayat Khan, Translated by Coleman Barks
	Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern

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Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

-- from Open Secret: Versions of Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks / Translated by John Moyne

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