Rumi

1207-1273 / Male / Persian
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The Privileged LoversThe moon has become a dancer / at this festival of love. / This dance of light,
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Do You Love Me?A lover asked his beloved, / Do you love yourself more / than you love me?
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The Meaning of LoveBoth light and shadow / are the dance of Love. / Love has no cause;
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Defeated by LoveThe sky was lit / by the splendor of the moon / So powerful
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Gone to the UnseenAt last you have departed and gone to the Unseen. / What marvelous route did you take from this world? / Beating your wings and feathers,
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This MarriageMay these vows and this marriage be blessed. / May it be sweet milk, / this marriage, like wine and halvah.
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This World Which Is Made of Our Love for EmptinessPraise to the emptiness that blanks out existence. Existence: / This place made from our love for that emptiness! / Yet somehow comes emptiness,
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These spiritual window-shoppersThese spiritual window-shoppers, / who idly ask, 'How much is that?' Oh, I'm just looking. / They handle a hundred items and put them down,
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I Am and I Am NotI’m drenched / in the flood / which has yet to come
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The Agony and EcstasyIn the orchard and rose garden / I long to see your face. / In the taste of Sweetness
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