Solomon tells you, “Listen to the language of the birds” from Hilat Raha Kon – Rumi

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…

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The door is open: Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya

The door is open, but the question is in who desires to enter it RābiÊ¿a al-Ê¿Adawiyya ‎البابُ مفتوحٌ ولكنّ الشّأن فِيمَنْ يَرغَبُ أن ‎يدخُلَهُ al-bābu maftūḥun walākinna al-shaʾnu fÄ«man yarghabu an yadkhulahu The door . al-bābu . البابُ…

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Listen to the Reed

. The opening lines of Rumi’s Masnavi: . Listen to the reed as it tells a tale Complaining of separations  بشنو از نى چون حكايت مى كن  از جداييها شكايت مي كند bishnu az nay chun hikāyat mÄ«…

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