Looking Into The Creek | Rumi Poem

Here's a wonderful poem by the great Rumi. Hope you enjoy!

Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi, popularly known as "Rumi", is a 13th-century Sufi poet. Today, he is recognized as one of the greatest poets who ever lived, due in part to how his words seem to speak to the divine.

Translation by Coleman Barks

Transcript

The way the soul is with the senses and the intellect is like a creek.

When desire weeds grow thick,

Intelligence can flow,

And soul creatures stay hidden.

But sometimes the reasonable clarity runs so strong,

It sweeps the clock stream open.

No longer weeping and frustrated,

Your being grows as powerful as your wantings were before.

More so.

Laughing and satisfied,

The masterful flow lets creatures of the soul appear.

You look down,

And it's lucid dreaming.

The gates made of light swing open.

You see in.

Reviews

Short and brilliant Rumi, perfectly read ✨️🙏🏽💚💖🎈🙏🏽

I’m not sure I understand but Rumi seems to have. I’ll try again. 🙂