Rumi poems

FIND YOURSELF A FRIEND

FIND YOURSELF A FRIEND who is willing to tolerate you with patience put to the test the essence of the best incense by putting it in fire drink a cup of poison if handed to you by a friend when filled with love and grace step into the fire like the chosen prophet the secret […]

LOOK AT LOVE

LOOK AT LOVE how it tangles with the one fallen in love look at spirit how it fuses with earth giving it new life why are you so busy with this or that or good or bad pay attention to how things blend why talk about all the known and the unknown see how unknown […]

COME INSIDE THE FIRE

come inside the fire leave your trickery behind go insane go mad burn like a candle-moth first make yourself a stranger to yourself and tear down your house then move with us dwell in the abode of love wash your chest seven times over cleansing from hatred then mold yourself into the chalice holding the […]

IF YOU DWELL VERY LONG

If you dwell very long in a heart depressed and dark be aware you’ve fallen low in will and quest a heart filled with grief whirling and spinning endlessly can never feel at peace what makes you tremble in fear that’s your true worth now whatever seems to be your healing source is the cause […]

COME LET’S SPEAK

COME LET’S SPEAK of our souls let’s even hide from our ears and eyes like a rose garden always keep a smile like imagination talk without a sound like the spirit reigning the world telling the secrets uttering no word let’s get away from all the clever humans who put words in our mouth let’s […]