Poetry | Rumi Poem

This poem by Rumi reflects on how love gently dissolves false perceptions and uncovers deeper truths. Through poetry, we are invited to awaken and gain genuine insight.

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

Photo by Don Joslin.
Translation by Coleman Barks.

Transcript

I open and fill with love,

And what is not love evaporates.

All the learning in books stays put on the shelf.

Poetry.

The dear words and images of song comes down over me like mountain water.