Solomon tells you, “listen to the language of the birds!” * You are a snare and the birds flee from you. Go! Become a nest! Become a nest!گوید سلیمان مر تو را بشنو لسان الطیر را * دامی…
A little shaykh from the land of Meknes in the middle of the markets is singing what have I to do with people, and what have they to do with me? Ø´Ùوَيْخ Ù…ÙÙ† ارْض٠مَكناس وَسْط٠الاَسْواق٠يَغْني…
The door is open, but the question is in who desires to enter it RÄbiÊ¿a al-Ê¿Adawiyya الباب٠مÙتوØÙŒ ولكنّ الشّأن ÙÙيمَنْ يَرغَب٠أن يدخÙÙ„ÙŽÙ‡Ù al-bÄbu maftūḥun walÄkinna al-shaʾnu fÄ«man yarghabu an yadkhulahu The door . al-bÄbu . البابم
Ever since they cut me from the reed-bed Men and women have cried at my wail كز نيستان تا مرا ببريده اند در Ù†Ùيرم مرد Ùˆ زن ناليده اند kaz nayistan tÄ marÄ bobrÄ«deʾand dar nafÄ«ram mard o…
I want a breast torn, torn by separation That I may explain the pain of ardent longing سینه خواهم شرØÙ‡ شرØÙ‡ از Ùراق تا بگویم Ø´Ø±Ø Ø¯Ø±Ø¯ اشتیاق sine khÄham sharhe sharhe az ferÄgh tÄ beguyam sharh-e dard-e…
Some of the most famous lines of RabiÊ¿a al-Ê¿Adawiyya I love You with two loves The love of desire And a love because You are deserving of that [love] Ø£ØÙبÙّكَ ØÙبَّيْن٠ØÙبَّ الهَوَى ÙˆØÙبّا لأنَّكَ أهْلٌ…
. The opening lines of Rumi’s Masnavi: . Listen to the reed as it tells a tale Complaining of separations بشنو از نى چون Øكايت مى كن از جداييها شكايت مي كند bishnu az nay chun hikÄyat mÄ«…