O you who've gone on pilgrimage - where are you, where, oh where?
Here, here is the Beloved! Oh come now, come, oh come!
Your friend, he is your neighbor, he is next to your wall -
You, erring in the desert - what air of love is this?
If you'd see the Beloved's form without any form -
You are the house, the master, You are the Kaaba, you!
Where is a bunch of roses, if you would be this garden?
Where, one soul's pearly essence, when you're the Sea of God?
That's true - and yet your troubles may turn to treasures rich -
How sad that you yourself veil the treasure that is yours!
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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...
