All through eternity
Beauty unveils His exquisite form
in the solitude of nothingness;
He holds a mirror to His Face
and beholds His own beauty.
he is the knower and the known,
the seer and the seen;
No eye but His own
has ever looked upon this Universe.His every quality finds an expression:
Eternity becomes the verdant field of Time and Space;
Love, the life-giving garden of this world.
Every branch and leaf and fruit
Reveals an aspect of His perfection-
They cypress give hint of His majesty,
The rose gives tidings of His beauty.Whenever Beauty looks,
Love is also there;
Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek
Love lights Her fire from that flame.
When beauty dwells in the dark folds of night
Love comes and finds a heart
entangled in tresses.
Beauty and Love are as body and soul.
Beauty is the mine, Love is the diamond.They have together
since the beginning of time-
Side by side, step by step.
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Poems by Rumi
SpiritualRumi, also known as Mevlana/Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi was a 13th century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His poems are mainly written in Persian, but occasionally Greek, Arabic and Turkish. His poetry has influenced not only Persian literature but Turki...