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Shall I tell you our secret?

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

Shall I tell you our secret?
We are charming thieves who steal hearts
and never fail because we are
the friends of the One.
The time for old preaching is over
we aim straight at the heart.
If the mind tries to sneak in and take over
we will string it up without delay.
We turn poison into medicine
and our sorrows into blessings.
All that was familiar,
our loved ones and ourselves,
we had to leave behind.

Blessed is the poem that comes through me
but not of me because the sound of my own music
will drown the song of Love.

 

 

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

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Themes

  Heart
  Sound
 
 
 


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