Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi: I smile like a flower not only with my lips

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I smile like a flower not only with my lips

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

by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
(1207 - 1273) Timeline

English version by
Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

I smile like a flower not only with my lips
but with my whole being
for I am alone with the King and
have lost myself in him.

At dawn your flame seized my heart
but left behind my body.
I will shout and raise havoc until
you come back for me tonight.

My Beloved, do not let anger estrange my heart
be generous, invite me to your feast.
Let no one be deprived of the joy
of your company.

-- from Rumi: Hidden Music, Translated by Azima Melita Kolin / Translated by Maryam Mafi

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Themes

Awakening

Bliss

Dawn

Fire

Garden

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