Secret Places | Rumi Poem

Here's a wonderful poem by the great Rumi.

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

Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty.

Reason says,

Nonsense,

I have walked and measured the walls here.

There are no places like that.

Love says,

There are.

Reason sets up a market and begins doing business.

Love has more hidden work.

Halaj steps away from the pulpit and climbs the stairs of the gallows.

Lovers feel a truth inside themselves that rational people keep denying.

It is reasonable to say,

Surrender is just an idea that keeps people from leading their lives.

Love responds,

No.

This thinking is what is dangerous.

Losing language obscures what charms came to give.

Every day the sun rises out of low word clouds into burning silence.

Reviews

Profound, thank you for sharing this, Ii certainly gives food for thought & deep examination of those secret places! 😊🙏🏽❤️

I love Rumi. Your voice is an excellent companion to Rumi's poetry! Thank you!

Background music framed this beautifully spoken Rumi poem. Lovely!!

Thank you
The way you read poetry brings the truth of love in them to me 💙☮️❤️
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