Don’t plant anything but Love

Here’s more vintage wine from the master. When you plant a tree every leaf that grows will tell you, what you sow will bear fruit. So if you have any sense, my friend don’t plant anything but love, you show your worth by what you seek. Water flows to those who want purity wash you [...]

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Hz Mawlana Rumi

If you have lost heart in the Path of Love, Flee to me without delay: I am a fortress Invincible.

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800th Birthday of Hz Mawlana (RA)

September 30th is the birthday of Hz Mawlana Rumi. The excellent Darvish blog has a nice reminder too. Here’s a poem form the Diwan Shams-e-Tabrizi which offers an insight into the secret of Mawlana’s popularity. Shall I tell you our secret? We are charming thieves who steal hearts and never fail because we are the [...]

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The Breaking Wave of Love

This is vintage Mawlana (May God sanctify his lofty secret). The Breaking Wave of Love Ah, once more he put a fire in me, And once more this crazy heart is craving the open plains. This ocean of love breaks into another wave And blood pours from my heart in all directions. Ah, one spark [...]

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Aazadi- Revisited

Today the King came secretly before the madmen, and their spiritually possessed souls began to lament. That King recognized my voice among the shouts , for it was purified from the breath of animality. He made a royal gesture, meaning, “one of the possessed has escaped his fetters”. Oh King, if I am possessed, Thou [...]

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Maqam of Hz Mawalan Rumi

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The Masnavi

Hz Raja sahib loved Mawlana and his Masnavi very much. Although he had read the Masnavi from cover to cover at least 17 times he would become overjoyed when someone else quoted a verse to him. Most of the discussion in his majalis was based on the Masnavi and often he would comment upon a [...]

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