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Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

About Jelaluddin Rumi

Timeline (1207 - 1273)

 Jelaluddin Rumi, Jelaluddin Rumi poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

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English version by
Andrew Harvey

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
You only need smell the wine

Themes
  Fire
  Perfume
  Wine
  Womb
 

 

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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You only need smell the wine
For vision to flame from each void--
Such flames from wine's aroma!
Imagine if you were the wine.

 

 

-- from The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, by Andrew Harvey

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