The one and only Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (Balkhi) or simply, Rumi. The poet, the Mystic Sufi master.
I'm just starting to get to know him and I adore him already. Bought The Essential Rumi translated by Coleman Barks yesterday. Been reading, no, savouring Rumi's poems.
I thought Walt Whitman was awesome, that is before I found out that Rumi's a poet haha. What really got me wanting to read his stuff is because I wanted to read more of his poems on LOVE. Yeap.
Here, have a taste: This World Which Is Made Of Our Love For Emptiness
Not just love of any kind, love for God. Divine romance. Fana.
I thirst for more.
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Hands down, he's the greatest Persian poet or perhaps in the whole world.
Hear, hear :)
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