Those Who Don't Feel This Love | Rumi Poem

In this poem, Rumi speaks of a deep, divine love, one that lives within us and calls us to remember our true nature. It’s not about romantic love, but a spiritual fire that awakens the soul. When we don’t feel this love, we stay asleep to who we are. Rumi reminds us that true understanding comes not from the outside world, but from within. Through stillness, openness, and a direct experience of the heart.

This poem is an invitation: to turn inward, feel that love, and return to the truth that’s always been inside us.

Ultimately, Rumi is reminding us that the sacred lives within us. When we listen to the quiet voice of the heart and trust its power, we can live lives of profound service, love, and transformation.

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.

Translated by Coleman Barks.
Photo by Meckl Antal.

Transcript

Those who don't feel this love pulling them like a river.

Those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water,

Or take in sunset like supper.

Those who don't want to change,

Let them sleep.

This love is beyond the study of theology,

That old trickery and hypocrisy.

If you want to improve your mind that way,

Sleep on.

I've given up on my brain.

I've torn the cloth to shreds and thrown it away.

If you're not completely naked,

Wrap your beautiful robe of words around you and sleep.

Www.

Mooji.

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The answer to my repeating patterns - always looking to the books for answers rather than being, feeling, trusting the Source. Thank you 🙏