Rumi poems

MY SECRET BELOVED

MY SECRET BELOVED sent me a secret message “give me your soul give me your life wander like a drifter go on a journey walk into this fire with grace be like a salamander come into our source of flame fire transmutes to a rose garden don’t you know that my thorn is better than […]

THE TIME HAS COME

THE TIME HAS COME to break all my promises tear apart all chains and cast away all advice disassemble the heavens link by link and break at once all lovers’ ties with the sword of death put cotton inside both my ears and close them to all words of wisdom crash the door and enter […]

HAVEN’T I TOLD YOU

HAVEN’T I TOLD YOU don’t run away from me you’ll find me like a fountainhead wherever you go in this mirage even if you leave me with anger for a hundred thousand years you’ll finally return since i’m your final home haven’t i told you don’t be fooled with the spangles in life i’m your […]

I AM PART OF THE LOAD

I am part of the load not rightly balanced. I drop off in the grass, like the old Cave-sleepers, to browse wherever I fall. For hundreds of thousands of years I have been dust-grains floating and flying in the will of the air, often forgetting ever being in that state, but in sleep I migrate […]

WHEN YOU SEE THE FACE OF ANGER

When you see the face of anger look behind it and you will see the face of pride. Bring anger and pride under your feet, turn them into a ladder and climb higher. There is no peace until you become their master. Let go of anger, it may taste sweet but it kills. Don’t become […]