Soul of the World,Coleman Barks ,Rumi

Rumi, I was dead

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“i was dead
i came alive
i was tears
i became laughter
all because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal

love said to me
you are not
crazy enough
you don’t
fit this house

i went and
became crazy
crazy enough
to be in chains
love said
you are not
intoxicated enough
you don’t
fit the group

i went and
got drunk
drunk enough
to overflow
with light-headedness
love said
you are still
too clever
filled with
imagination and skepticism

i went and
became gullible
and in fright
pulled away
from it all
love said
you are a candle
attracting everyone
gathering every one
around you

i am no more
a candle spreading light
i gather no more crowds
and like smoke
i am all scattered now

love said
you are a teacher
you are a head
and for everyone
you are a leader
i am no more
not a teacher
not a leader
just a servant
to your wishes

love said
you already have
your own wings
i will not give you
more feathers
and then my heart
pulled itself apart
and filled to the brim
with a new light
overflowed with fresh life

now even the heavens
are thankful that
because of love
i have become
the giver of light”

― Jalaluddin Rumi

Rumi , Where everything is music

if you can't go to sleep , Rumi

if you can't go to sleep

Rumi

if you can't go to sleep
my dear soul
for tonight
what do you think will happen

if you pass your night
and merge it with dawn
for the sake of heart
what do you think will happen

if the entire world
is covered with the blossoms
you have labored to plant
what do you think will happen

if the elixir of life
that has been hidden in the dark
fills the desert and towns
what do you think will happen

if because of
your generosity and love
a few humans find their lives
what do you think will happen

if you pour an entire jar
filled with joyous wine
on the head of those already drunk
what do you think will happen


go my friend
bestow your love
even on your enemies
if you touch their hearts
what do you think will happen

THE ALCHEMY OF LOVE, Rumi

THE ALCHEMY OF LOVE

You come to us
from another world

From beyond the stars
and void of space.

Transcendent, Pure,
Of unimaginable beauty,
Bringing with you
the essence of love

You transform all
who are touched by you.
Mundane concerns,
troubles, and sorrows
dissolve in your presence,

Bringing joy
to ruler and ruled
To peasant and king

You bewilder us
with your grace.

All evils
transform into
goodness.

You are the master alchemist.

You light the fire of love
in earth and sky
in heart and soul
of every being.

Through your love
existence and nonexistence merge.
All opposites unite.
All that is profane
becomes sacred again.

The Awakening, Rumi

THE AWAKENING

In the early dawn of happiness
you gave me three kisses
so that I would wake up
to this moment of love

I tried to remember in my heart
what I’d dreamt about
during the night
before I became aware 

of this moving
of life

I found my dreams
but the moon took me away

It lifted me up to the firmament
and suspended me there
I saw how my heart had fallen
on your path

singing a song

Between my love and my heart
things were happening which
slowly slowly 

made me recall everything

You amuse me with your touch
although I can’t see your hands.
You have kissed me with tenderness

although I haven’t seen your lips

You are hidden from me.

But it is you who keeps me alive

Perhaps the time will come

when you will tire of kisses
I shall be happy
even for insults from you

I only ask that you
keep some attention on me.

Rumi and the Play of Poetry

This Is How I Would Die ,Rumi , Coleman Barks

Opening the Heart Through Ecstatic Poetry,Coleman Barks at TEDxUGA

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Rumi, Music Master

You that love lovers,

this is your home. Welcome!

In the midst of making form, love

made this form that melts form,

with love for the door,

soul the vestibule.

Watch the dust grains moving

in the light near the window.

Their dance is our dance.

We rarely hear the inward music,

but we’re all dancing to it nevertheless,

directed by the one who teaches us,

the pure joy of the sun,

our music master.

Quietness, Rumi

Inside this new love, die.

Your way begins on the other side.

Become the sky.

Take an axe to the prison wall.

Escape.

Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.

Do it now.

You’re covered with thick cloud.

Slide out the side. Die,

and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign

that you’ve died.

Your old life was a frantic running

from silence.

The speechless full moon

comes out now.

Rumi, The Vigil

THE VIGIL

Don't go to sleep one night.
What you most want will come to you then.
Warmed by a sun inside, you'll see wonders.
Tonight, don't put your head down.

Be tough, and strength will come.
That which adoration adores
appears at night. Those asleep
may miss it. One night Moses stayed awake
and asked, and saw a light in a tree.

Then he walked at night for ten years,
until finally he saw the whole tree
illuminated. Muhammad rode his horse
through the night sky. The day is for work.
The night for love. Don't let someone
bewitch you. Some people sleep at night.

But not lovers. They sit in the dark
and talk to God, who told David,
"Those who sleep all night every night
and claim to be connected to us, they lie."

Lovers can't sleep when they feel the privacy
of the beloved all around them. Someone
who's thirsty may sleep for a little while,
but he or she will dream of water, a full jar
beside a creek, or the spiritual water you get
from another person. All night, listen
to the conversation. Stay up.
This moment is all there is.

Death will take it away soon enough.
You'll be gone, and this earth will be left 
without a sweetheart, nothing but weeds
growing inside thorns.

I'm through. Read the rest of this poem
in the dark tonight.
Do I have a head? And feet?

Shams, so loved by Tabrizians, I close my lips.
I wait for you to come and open them.

-- Version by Coleman Barks
"The Essential Rumi"
HarperSanfrancisco, 1995.

Rumi, an eye is meant to.., quote

“An eye is meant to see things.

The soul is here for its own joy.

A head has one use: For loving a true love.

Feet: To chase after.

Love is for vanishing into the sky. 

The mind, for learning what men have done and tried to do.

Mysteries are not to be solved: 

The eye goes blind

when it only wants to see why.

A lover is always accused of something.

But when he finds his love, 

whatever was lost in the looking 

comes back completely changed.” 

(from: Night and Sleep, Rumi)

Rumi,.....give away

"Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give."

Rumi, wound..

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

Rumi, birds...

Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom.

How do they learn it?

They fall and falling,

they're given wings."

Rumi, Be foolishly in Love

Rumi 's language of Silence and Love

Rumi , Deep listening

"Longing is the core of mystery
Longing itself brings the cure.
The only rule is, Suffer the pain.

Your desire must be disciplined,
and what you want to happen
in time, sacrificed."

Rumi - Va! (francais)

Ode à l’Amour
D’après Djalâl oud-Dîn Rûmi 

                                     L’Amour apporte la joie aux créatures
                                                  Il est la source du bonheur infini
                                                  Car ce n’est pas notre mère qui nous donne la vie,
                                                  Mais c’est bien l’Amour.
                                                  Louanges et miséricorde sur cette mère véritable !
                                                   

                                               La voie de l’Amour est un mystère,
                                                     En elle il n’y a point de querelle,
                                                     Pas d’autres qualités que la profondeur des choses.
                                                     A l’amoureux il n’est pas permis de parler
                                                     Car il s’agit de non-existence1 et non pas d’existence.

Je possède un Amour plus pur qu’une eau limpide.
Un tel Amour est nourriture licite pour chacun.
Alors que l’amour des autres est toujours changeant,
L’Amour pour mon Bien-Aimé est de toute éternité.

C’est l’Amour qui détient le secret des Lumières
C’est un nuage porteur de cent mille éclairs.
Dans le tréfonds de mon être réside la mer de sa gloire
Toutes les créatures sont noyées en cette mer.

Le cœur de l’homme est une chandelle prête à se consumer
La déchirure due à la séparation d’avec le Bien-Aimé
Peut-elle être recousue ?
Ô toi qui ignores la patience et la brûlure
Tu ne peux rien connaître de l’Amour avant qu’il n’ait touché ton cœur.

L’Amour est apparu et il est désormais Le sang coulant dans mes veines,
Il m’a anéanti et m’a rempli du Bien-Aimé
Qui a pénétré toutes les parcelles de mon corps.
De moi ne reste plus qu’un nom, tout le reste est Lui.

L’Amour est apparu et a éclipsé tous les autres amours,
Je me suis consumé et mes propres cendres sont devenues vie.
Par le seul désir d’une nouvelle brûlure
Elles se sont manifestées sous d’innombrables visages.

Dans la voie de l’Amour il faut avancer pas à pas,
Pourtant le seul pas véritable provient de l’Eternel.
Dans la demeure de la non-existence
Se cachent en fait beaucoup de vies
Ouvre donc les yeux : partout est la non-existence !
Ô toi2 dont l’Amour est l’essence de tout émerveillement
Ce qu’apporte ton Amour est total bouleversement.

Combien de temps m’interrogeras-tu sur l’état de mon cœur brûlé
Alors que, de toute évidence,
Tu le connais mieux que moi-même ?

Lorsque mon essence se transformera en océan universel
La beauté des atomes sera pour moi source de Lumière.
C’est pourquoi je brûle comme la chandelle,
Afin que, dans la voie de l’Amour,
Tous les instants deviennent un seul instant.

Le corps est amoureux de l’âme,
Et l’âme amoureuse du corps.
Je suis amoureux de l’Amour
Et l’Amour est amoureux de moi.
Parfois c’est moi qui le saisis de mes mains
Parfois c’est Lui qui s’agrippe à mes habits.

Si tu es amoureux, reste en compagnie de ton semblable
Jour et nuit, prends place dans le cercle3 des amoureux !
Ainsi, quand tu auras trouvé ce cercle,
Abandonne le monde et laisse entrer en toi
La présence de son Créateur.