Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

I am a sculptor, a molder of form
In every moment I shape an idol
But then, in front of you,
I melt them downI can rouse a hundred formsand fill them with spirit,but when I look into your face,

If you want what visible realitycan give, you're an employee
If you want the unseen world,you're not living your truth
Both wishes are foolish,but you'll be forgiven for forgettingthat what you really want is love's confusing joy
Ex...

I was dead, then alive
Weeping, then laughing
The power of love came into me,and I became fierce like a lion,then tender like the evening star
He said, ‘You’re not mad enough

I swear, since seeing Your face,the whole world is fraud and
The garden is bewildered as to what is leafor blossom
The distracted birdscan't distinguish the birdseed from the snare
A house of love with no limits,a presence more beau...

In love, aside from sipping the wine of timelessness, nothing else exists
There is no reason for living except for giving one's life
I said, "First I know you, then I die
"He said, "For the one who knows Me, there is ...

A true lover is proved such by his pain of heart;
No sickness is there like sickness of heart
The lover's ailment is different from all ailments;
Love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries

If you show patience,
I'll rid you of this virtue
If you fall asleep,
I'll rub the sleep from your eyes

Birdsong brings reliefto my longingI'm just as ecstatic as they are,but with nothing to say
Please universal soul, practicesome song or something through me
Excerpts from the translation of Rumi by Coleman Barks

How long will you think about this painful life
How long will you think about this harmful world
The only thing it can take from you is your body
Don't say all this rubbish and stop thinking

A moment of happiness,you and I sitting on the verandah,apparently two, but one in soul, you and I
We feel the flowing water of life here,you and I, with the garden's beautyand the birds singing
The stars will be watching us,and we will ...

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
It doesn't matter
Ours is not a caravan of despair
Come, even if you have broken your vowa thousand

I see so deeply within myself
Not needing my eyes,
I can see everything clearly
Why would I want to bother my eyes