This is a beautiful poem by Molavi from Diwane Shams. Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (جلالالدین محمد رومی), (known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi) (30 September 1207 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic Sufi of high order. Rumi was ...
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This 7-minute video is an illustration of Rumi’s poem "I was dead" in connection with Michel de Montaigne's essays and his motto "Que sais-je?" or "What do I know?". This video was made by Matthew Lents and Katherine VanderVennet as a final project for a Learning Community (LCRM 200-LC-J) at Augu...
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A poem written by the famous Sufi Master, Rumi. My desert is without end, My soul, my heart must rend. The world here out-pictured, In which picture I descend? If on the path you see a head Rolling itself around the bend Ask our secret from that head On its answers you can depend. What turned yo...
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Rumi’s poems elegantly and consistently touch our inner being and inspire us to go beyond our limitations towards the Divine. The music: The credits do appear at the end of this video, but it is by the composer, Eleni Karaindrou, and is the theme music called "Eternity and a Day" from the movie,...
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