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Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi expressed the deepest feelings of the heart through his poetry. This volume consists of new translations edited by Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich mood and music of Rumi's love poems. Exalted yearning, ravishing ecstasy, and consuming desire emerge from these poems as powerf
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September 17th 1998
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Looking For Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I ...more
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I ...more
I think Rumi's poetry is unsurpassed in its mysticism and beauty.
"In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems."
"You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,"
"but sometimes I do, and that
sight becomes this art." pg 62
When my husband and I were first dating, we lived in different parts of the country. This was one of the books he sent when he found out that I loved poetry. He bought himself a copy too and we read it together- separately. Then we talked about it on the p ...more
"In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems."
"You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,"
"but sometimes I do, and that
sight becomes this art." pg 62
When my husband and I were first dating, we lived in different parts of the country. This was one of the books he sent when he found out that I loved poetry. He bought himself a copy too and we read it together- separately. Then we talked about it on the p ...more
Both light and shadow
are the dance of Love.
Love has no cause;
it is the astrolabe of God’s secrets.
Lover and Loving are inseparable
and timeless.
Although I may try to describe Love
when I experience it I am speechless.
Although I may try to write about Love
I am rendered helpless;
my pen breaks and the paper slips away
at the ineffable place
where Lover, Loving and Loved are one.
Every moment is made glorious
by the light of Love.
are the dance of Love.
Love has no cause;
it is the astrolabe of God’s secrets.
Lover and Loving are inseparable
and timeless.
Although I may try to describe Love
when I experience it I am speechless.
Although I may try to write about Love
I am rendered helpless;
my pen breaks and the paper slips away
at the ineffable place
where Lover, Loving and Loved are one.
Every moment is made glorious
by the light of Love.
One of my favorite poets - love to read different translations of his work - nice introduction to this illuminated poet.
“I have died to myself
and I live for you.
I've disappeared from myself
and my attributes,
I am present only for you.
I've forgotten all my learnings,
but from knowing you
I've become a scholar.
I've lost all my strength,
but from your power I am able.
If I love myself
I love you.
If I love you
I love myself.”
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"Oh God
Let all lovers be content
Give them happy endings
Let their lives be celebrations
Let their hearts dance in the fire of your love"
These beau ...more
and I live for you.
I've disappeared from myself
and my attributes,
I am present only for you.
I've forgotten all my learnings,
but from knowing you
I've become a scholar.
I've lost all my strength,
but from your power I am able.
If I love myself
I love you.
If I love you
I love myself.”
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"Oh God
Let all lovers be content
Give them happy endings
Let their lives be celebrations
Let their hearts dance in the fire of your love"
These beau ...more
Yes, the cause of all human emotional sicknesses is lack of love.
كتاب قصير وجميل يحتوى على مجموعة قصائد فى الحب والحياة ..
أعجبنتى القصيدة :
You are the drop, and the ocean.
You are kindness, you are anger,
You are sweetness, you are poison.
Do not make me more disheartened.
You are the chamber of the Sun,
You are the abode of Venus,
You are the garden of all hope.
Oh, Beloved, let me enter.
You are daylight, you are fasting,
You are the fruit of misery,
You are water, you are the bowl,
Oh, give me some water this time.
You are the grain of wheat, the snare,
You are the w ...more
أعجبنتى القصيدة :
You are the drop, and the ocean.
You are kindness, you are anger,
You are sweetness, you are poison.
Do not make me more disheartened.
You are the chamber of the Sun,
You are the abode of Venus,
You are the garden of all hope.
Oh, Beloved, let me enter.
You are daylight, you are fasting,
You are the fruit of misery,
You are water, you are the bowl,
Oh, give me some water this time.
You are the grain of wheat, the snare,
You are the w ...more
My heart is on fire!
In my madness
I roam the desert
The flames of my passion
devour the wind and the sky
My cries of longing
My wails of sorrow
are tormenting my soul
You wait
patiently
looking into my intoxicated eyes
You accept my passion
with the serenity of love
You are the master of existence
One day I shall be
a Lover like you
In my madness
I roam the desert
The flames of my passion
devour the wind and the sky
My cries of longing
My wails of sorrow
are tormenting my soul
You wait
patiently
looking into my intoxicated eyes
You accept my passion
with the serenity of love
You are the master of existence
One day I shall be
a Lover like you
Rumi's finest collection. A must read, of course.
So one night I got all hopped up on the idea of getting my poetry collection all entered into goodreads, so spent the evening transporting stacks of books from my shelves to my computer and back, entering ISBNs. Many books I spent some time flipping through, trying to remember if I'd read them all the way through, and if so, what I'd thought of them. This book was so short, I thought, "I should just read it now, and I'll know for sure."
This book was, sadly, a disappointment. It was Rumi, alright ...more
This book was, sadly, a disappointment. It was Rumi, alright ...more
Rumi's poems are the proof that some things in life are simply timeless. Other than that, they're too "rainbows and butterflies" for my taste.
Comentarios y fragmentos para el futuro. El amor es como un ladrón en la noche.
I- Sobre la alquimia como una forma de dialéctica. Elogio de un Dios alquimista.
II- El sueño es humo, el amor y Dios-en-el-cuerpo.
I- Sobre la alquimia como una forma de dialéctica. Elogio de un Dios alquimista.
You are the master alchemist.
You light the fire of love
in earth and sky
in heart and soul
of every being.
Through your loving
existence and nonexistence merge.
All opposites unite.
all that is profane
becomes sacred again. (p. 19)
II- El sueño es humo, el amor y Dios-en-el-cuerpo.
You arouse with your touch...more
although I can’t see your hands.
You have
People want you to be happy.
Don't keep serving them your pain!
If you could untie your wings
and free your soul of jealousy,
you and everyone around you
would fly up like doves.
Don't keep serving them your pain!
If you could untie your wings
and free your soul of jealousy,
you and everyone around you
would fly up like doves.
I'm reading and re-reading love poems lately, as I'm getting married next month and have been on the hunt for the perfect reading for our ceremony. Rumi, who I always thought of, maybe only by stereotype and not really by truth, as a steady, sort of wise thinker who contemplatively and maturely crafts poems from this noble, truth-holding sort of place, is kind of crazy when it comes to love.
I'd hoped to find a reading that would capture the essence of love in a peaceful and harmonic state: witho ...more
I'd hoped to find a reading that would capture the essence of love in a peaceful and harmonic state: witho ...more
I wish I knew what love like this felt like but I have yet to find it. In the words of Rumi I am currently "reading the myths of love" and someday I hope to become a "mythical lover."
My favorite poems are Lost in the Wilderness, Looking for your Face, Looking for Love, I Am Yours, Do you love me?, The Agony of Lovers, and I Am and Am Not.
"I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in the mountains and desert."
My favorite poems are Lost in the Wilderness, Looking for your Face, Looking for Love, I Am Yours, Do you love me?, The Agony of Lovers, and I Am and Am Not.
"I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in the mountains and desert."
Rumi is great, a genius! This is not about Rumi.
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I would rate this -1 if that was possible to do. I love Rumi, and I've read quite a lot of his work. This is the worst thing that can happen with Rumi's work! I'll just say it simply, do not pick this book. I repeat, DO NOT!
Skip this in every possible way, do not come near this, please read the original literal translations - which is available in most languages - or you can go for the one by Coleman Barks or the one by Bernard Lewis, anything e ...more
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I would rate this -1 if that was possible to do. I love Rumi, and I've read quite a lot of his work. This is the worst thing that can happen with Rumi's work! I'll just say it simply, do not pick this book. I repeat, DO NOT!
Skip this in every possible way, do not come near this, please read the original literal translations - which is available in most languages - or you can go for the one by Coleman Barks or the one by Bernard Lewis, anything e ...more
I am astonished and bewildered by the beautiful poems I read in this book. I recall reading one of his poems as a child but these beautiful gems are so enthralling and intense, I felt a tugging at my heart as I read of the love Rumi feels for his beloved.
The poems have a mystical feel which is so engrossing and entertaining. These are poems I will read again and again because I will never tire of reading them or deriving blissful enjoyment from them.
Rumi is a master poet.
The poems have a mystical feel which is so engrossing and entertaining. These are poems I will read again and again because I will never tire of reading them or deriving blissful enjoyment from them.
Rumi is a master poet.
Wow, what can I possibly say to describe the poetry of Rumi? I couldn't see through my tears as I tried to read. I want to feel the same ecstacy in my connection with God that Rumi felt all those years ago.
In some parts, you'd swear Rumi had been reading A New Earth, back in the 1200's. Or maybe Eckhart Tolle is a fan of Rumi?
In some parts, you'd swear Rumi had been reading A New Earth, back in the 1200's. Or maybe Eckhart Tolle is a fan of Rumi?
I was introduced to Rumi in a Middle Eastern Literature class in college. Like so many before me, I fell in love with his passionate, intense, and spiritual poetry. This little book is a must for all romantics, poets, and dreamers. It might just even convert a few cynics out there, too.
i cannot say enough of Rumi.
a must read...especially if you're a lover.
a must read...especially if you're a lover.
Jan 24, 2011
Fredrika Lawson
is currently reading it
THE GENRE OF THIS BOOK IS POETRY AND REMINDED ME OF MYSELF AT SOME POINTS.IT WAS A POETRY BOOK NTHAT REMINDED ME OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN PAST RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOVERS AND FRIENDS.THE LOVE POEMS OF RUMI HAD A CHARACTER DEVELOPE THAT MADE THE READER UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NOT JUST ONE SOUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM. I WISH I WOULD HAVE READ THIS BOOK BEFORE I WENT THROUGH MY PAST EXPERIENCES TO AVOID ALL THE EXTRA ACTIVITY.THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK IS LOVE, FEELINGS, EMOTIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS
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I was expecting more beautiful poetic prose since Rumi is celebrated as one of the most talented poets in literature. I felt like the beauty of the verses was lost in translation. The three poems at the end of the book which are taken from another translation stand out as the best poetry in the whole collection. Disappointed with the work of the translator. Started a new book on Rumi by a different translator. I'm only halfway through, but there's much more beauty in the verses.
Rumi is the best. Why Chopra decided to manipulate his poems I'll never know (C.R.E.A.M.)
Please read literal translations of Rumi!!!
If you're interested, Bernard Lewis' "Music of a distant drum" is amazing and has a real flavor of Rumi and his peoples.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... ...more
Please read literal translations of Rumi!!!
If you're interested, Bernard Lewis' "Music of a distant drum" is amazing and has a real flavor of Rumi and his peoples.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... ...more
My sister Amanda introduced me to this wonderful poet:)
Jan 24, 2011
Fredrika Lawson
added it
THE LOVE POEMS OF RUMI WAS A FANTASTIC POETRY BOOK BY DEEPAK CHOPRA. THE POEMS WERE ALL ABOUT LOVE WHICH HIS TITLE PROVES BUT ALSO ABOUT DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS THAT ARE IN YOUR LIFE OR ACTUALLY YOUR LOVER.
THE TYPE OF POET DEEPAK IS, IS WISE VERY OPEN MINDED AND MAKES THE READER FEEL WHAT HE IS WRITING ABOUT THROUGH HIS WORDS. THE AUTHOR MAKES A READER THINK ABOUT THEIR MISTAKES OR THEIR GOOD TIMES IN A DIFFERENT MATTER HE WOULD BREAK IT DOWN SO THAT ANYONE THAT WAS READING HIS POETR ...more
THE TYPE OF POET DEEPAK IS, IS WISE VERY OPEN MINDED AND MAKES THE READER FEEL WHAT HE IS WRITING ABOUT THROUGH HIS WORDS. THE AUTHOR MAKES A READER THINK ABOUT THEIR MISTAKES OR THEIR GOOD TIMES IN A DIFFERENT MATTER HE WOULD BREAK IT DOWN SO THAT ANYONE THAT WAS READING HIS POETR ...more
I should have known anything Deepak Chopra put his name to would be drivel. It's like the bad poetry of a repressed teenager. I feel this and I feel that, blah blah blah. Free-association in all the wrong places. It does however come across as sincere (and, mercifully, terse).
I also feel like Rumi was not making full use of his time machine by using it to name several of his poems after 20th century pop hits, such as "Looking For Love", "Desire" and "Do You Love Me?".
Hold up! Before you go...I a ...more
I also feel like Rumi was not making full use of his time machine by using it to name several of his poems after 20th century pop hits, such as "Looking For Love", "Desire" and "Do You Love Me?".
Hold up! Before you go...I a ...more
It frustrates me how much more attention is given in this book to Deepak Chopra, a man who profits off other people's spirituality, than to the thirteenth-century Persian poet who wrote the works Chopra collected here. I also think the poems chosen were a little repetitive, talking on almost every other page about "fiery passion". Maybe this was just an act of bad translating. Some of the poems were really nice, despite knowing they'd likely be better in their original language. One quote I like
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5 Stars is little for this one!!!
I was smiling from the start till the end!
I don't know how to describe it, yes it's all poems but I felt connected and O FELT the words if you know what I mean!!
This book you can finish it in one sitting but OMG you don't want it to end and you definitely was to savor every word!!!!
I was smiling from the start till the end!
I don't know how to describe it, yes it's all poems but I felt connected and O FELT the words if you know what I mean!!
This book you can finish it in one sitting but OMG you don't want it to end and you definitely was to savor every word!!!!
I liked his mystical poems better, but these were beautiful too.
The Lover comes, the Lover comes!
Open the way for Him!
He's looking for a heart,
let's show Him one.
I scream,
"What you came to hunt is me!"
H e says laughingly,
"I'm here not to hunt you but to save you
The Lover comes, the Lover comes!
Open the way for Him!
He's looking for a heart,
let's show Him one.
I scream,
"What you came to hunt is me!"
H e says laughingly,
"I'm here not to hunt you but to save you
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“You are the Essence of the Essence,
The intoxication of Love.
I long to sing Your Praises
but stand mute
with the agony of wishing in my heart !”
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The intoxication of Love.
I long to sing Your Praises
but stand mute
with the agony of wishing in my heart !”
“Looking for Your Face
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
and you have made radiant
for me
the earth and sky
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer”
—
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More quotes…
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
and you have made radiant
for me
the earth and sky
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer”
