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? شُوَيْخ مِن ارْضِ مَكناس وَسْطِ الاَسْواقِ يَغْني…
The door is open, but the question is in who desires to enter it Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya البابُ مفتوحٌ ولكنّ الشّأن فِيمَنْ يَرغَبُ أن يدخُلَهُ al-bābu maftūḥun walākinna al-shaʾnu fīman yarghabu an yadkhulahu The door . al-bābu . البابُ…
Ever since they cut me from the reed-bed Men and women have cried at my wail كز نيستان تا مرا ببريده اند در نفيرم مرد و زن ناليده اند kaz nayistan tā marā bobrīdeʾand dar nafīram mard o…
I want a breast torn, torn by separation That I may explain the pain of ardent longing سینه خواهم شرحه شرحه از فراق تا بگویم شرح درد اشتیاق sine khāham sharhe sharhe az ferāgh tā beguyam sharh-e dard-e…
Some of the most famous lines of Rabiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya I love You with two loves The love of desire And a love because You are deserving of that [love] أحِبُّكَ حُبَّيْنِ حُبَّ الهَوَى وحُبّا 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 حكايت مى كن از جداييها شكايت مي كند bishnu az nay chun hikāyat mī…