Love poems of RUMI

Love poems of RUMI

“You try to be faithful
And sometimes you’re cruel.
You are mine. Then, you leave.
Without you, I can’t cope.

And when you take the lead,
I become your footstep.
Your absence leaves a void.
Without you, I can’t cope.

You have disturbed my sleep,
You have wrecked my image.
You have set me apart.
Without you, I can’t cope.”

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“For without you, I swear, the town
Has become like a prison to me.
Distraction and the mountain
And the desert, all I desire.”

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“Oh sky, without me, do not change,
Oh moon, without me, do not shine;
Oh earth, without me, do not grow,
Oh time, without me, do not go.
…Oh, you cannot go, without me.”

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“And patience flees my heart,
And reason flees my mind.
Oh, how drunk can I get to be,
Without your love’s security?”

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“You are the Essence of the Essence,
The intoxication of Love.
I long to sing Your Praises
but stand mute
with the agony of wishing in my heart !”

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“Love asks us to enjoy our life
For nothing good can come of death.
Who is alive? I ask.
Those who are born of love.

Seek us in love itself,
Seek love in us ourselves.
Sometimes I venerate love,
Sometimes it venerates me.”

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“Oh you, unceasing sun, to me
Your particles communicate
The luminous essence of God,
Are you our God? I do not know.

Intoxicated, I say nought,
Bewitched by the magic potion.
I cannot differentiate
Between my drunk and sober state.”

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“Oh you, straying heart, just come!
Oh you, aching liver, just come!
If the path to the gate is closed,
Take the way by the wall, but come!”

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If the path to the gate is closed,
Take the way by the wall, but come!”