Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - Body of earth, don't talk of earth

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Body of earth, don't talk of earth

By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi(1207 - 1273)

English version by Andrew Harvey

Body of earth, don't talk of earthTell the story of pure mirrorsThe Creator has given you this splendor--Why talk of anything else?

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- from The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, by Andrew Harvey

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Hi Alan -Something for us today from Rumi...A bit of a side note: Have you ever visited the Timeline pages on the Poetry Chaikhana website? You should. It's interesting. A few of Rumi's contemporaries:Francis of AssisiDanteHadewijchMechthild of Magdeburgibn 'ArabiYunus EmreIraqiShabistarisome of the greatest names in the formulation of Jewish KabbalahDogenseveral of the greatest Troubadour poetsNamdevMuktabai...So just what was in that 13th century air?The Creator has given you this splendor--Why talk of anything else?Ivan

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