Your Morning Shade | Rumi Poem

This poem by Rumi hints at the soul’s quiet transformation, like a dawn arriving in darkness. Each line guides us to see beyond ordinary questions, offering a subtle shift in how we understand ourselves.

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 Patrick.
Translation by Coleman Barks.

Transcript

You are the dawn that arrives in the middle of the night. Dark hair strands of music filling the reed. Understanding entering through ear and eye. The fragrant steam of soup. Signs and specific instructions articulate from you. Teaching us new ways to wander. Asking why and how are no longer right. Say, Soul is like the feet of an ant. Or ocean water, Bitter and salty. Or a snake that has the antidote for its poison also in its skull. We push through these puzzling forms. To sit. In your morning shade.

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