And another one from Rumi to Shams, his lover:

Don't Go Away

Don't shake your head like that, my sultan.
Don't put on your turban.
Don't go.
O moon, whose eyes and face are so beautiful.
Don't go away.

Who in this world has clear eyes and a pure heart?
Don't die.
Don't hurt me.
Don't run off to strangers.

Don't leave the friend,
and don't burn our house of secrets to the ground.
Don't leave the rose garden
and run after every thorn.
My friend, don't be so stubborn,
and don't try to deceive me.
Don't get belligerent.
You know you left that time.
Don't do it again.

I am your slave and servant.
You trained me and changed me.
O heart, don't go away.


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Unknown "Snowfish" Adored - 16 years, 3 months, 10 days ago

for valentine's day, one of my favourite poems by Rumi:

Choose Love


Because of the beloved
my heart is happy,
my soul illuminated.

From the beloved's greenery
hundreds of blessed rivers
are flowing to the rose gardens

In order to enter into your rose garden,
the soul makes peace with the thorns.

Choose love. Choose love.
Without this beautiful love,
life is nothing but a burden.
Unknown "Snowfish" Adored - 16 years, 3 months, 11 days ago