Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi: Secretly we spoke

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Secretly we spoke

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by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
(1207 - 1273) Timeline

English version by
Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

Secretly we spoke,
that wise one and me.
I said, Tell me the secrets of the world.
He said, Sh... Let silence
Tell you the secrets of the world.

-- from Art & Wonder: An Illustrated Anthology of Visionary Poetry, Edited by Kate Farrell

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/ Photo by Kivanc Nis /

Themes

Silence

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