The Love Poems of Rumi

Translated by Nader Khalili

Nader Khalili, Nader Khalili

• Editore: Wellfleet Press
• Anno: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780760368374
• Argomento: Literature
• Categoria: Poetry

The Love Poems of Rumi is abeautiful and elegantly illustrated gift book of Rumi's poems translated by Nader Khalili, geared for readers searching for inspirational themes and messages aboutlove.

FOUNTAIN OF FIRE

COME INSIDE THE FIRE

come inside the fire

leave your trickery behind

go insane

go mad

burn like a candle-moth

first make yourself a stranger

to yourself and

tear down your house

then move with us

dwell in the abode of love

wash your chest

seven times over

cleansing from hatred

then mold yourself into the chalice

holding the pure wine of love

to understand the intoxicated

you must become intoxicated

to join the eternal soul

you must become a soul

you heard my story and

your spirit grew wings

now you must be annihilated in love

to become a fable of your own

your imagination my friend flies away

then pulls you as a follower

surpass the imagination and

like fate

arrive ahead of yourself

passion and desire

has locked your heart

you must become the key

the teeth of the key

to open all locks

King Solomon gives you a message

listen to the birds

they are talking to you

calling you a trap

frightening them away

to capture us they say

you must make a nest

you must make a nest

your sweetheart’s face

is appearing now

change yourself to a mirror

and fill yourself to the brim

so many gifts

you purchased for your love

quit buying gifts

give yourself over

you were a part of the

mineral kingdom in the beginning

then you changed to animal life for awhile

then you found the soul of human for awhile

now the time has arrived

to become

the soul of the souls

I’VE COME AGAIN

i’ve come again

like a new ...

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• An Introduction to Rumi’s Love Poetry
• Dancing the Flame
• Fountain of Fire
• About the Translator
• Copyright