The Mirror | Rumi Poem

In this poem by Rumi, we are both the mirror and the face within it. The present moment holds eternity, merging what wounds and what heals into one continuous flow.

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 Jacob Dyer.
Translation by Coleman Barks.