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Quote by Rumi

“I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks.”

Quote by Rumi

Book:Selected poems

Work

This book compiles a selection of poems that showcase the depth and diversity of the author's poetic voice, exploring a range of subjects and employing different literary techniques. more

Author

Rumi, also known as Jalal al-Din Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His poetry is renowned for its profound philosophy, beautiful language, and strong emotions, and has had a profound impact on the world. more

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“You've gotten drunk on so many kinds of wine. Taste this. It won't make you wild. It's fire. Give up, if you don't understand by this time that your living is firewood.”

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“Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.”

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“Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings.... Leave and don't look away from the sun as you go, in whose light you're sometimes crescent, sometimes full.”

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“Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don't mind that you've been given a dirty cup.”

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“There's a hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music.... When you're full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should.”

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“No one knows what makes the soul wake up so happy! Maybe a dawn breeze has blown the veil from the face of God.”

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“He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live.”

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Book:Selected poems

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“Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains...”

Running Love Is Mountain Clothes Schemes Madmen

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“You've been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under, and deeper under, a thousand times deeper!”

Walking Thousand Ocean Edges Deeper Naked Dry Robes Deeper Love

Author:Rumi