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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

The beauty of the heart

Themes

Heart

Water

Wine

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The beauty of the heart
is the lasting beauty:
its lips give to drink
of the water of life.

Truly it is the water,
that which pours,
and the one who drinks.

All three become one when
your talisman is shattered.

That oneness you can't know
by reasoning.

-- from Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks

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