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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
“Have you ever gotten breathless before from a beautiful face,
for i see you there,
my dear.”
Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

علي بن أبي طالب
“There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.”
Ali Bin Abi Thalib

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
“At night, I open the window
and ask the moon to come
and press its face against mine.
Breathe into me.
Close the language-door
and open the love-window.
The moon won't use the door,
only the window.”
Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
“Love so needs to love
that it will endure almost anything, even abuse,
just to flicker for a moment. But the sky's mouth is kind,
its song will never hurt you, for I
sing those words.”
Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“There is a Beautiful Creature
Living in a hole you have dug.

So at night
I set fruit and grains
And little pots of wine and milk
Besides your soft earthen mounds,

And I often sing.

But still, my dear,
You do not come out.

I have fallen in love with Someone
Who hides inside you.

We should talk about this problem--

Otherwise,
I will never leave you alone.”
Hafiz, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

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