Jalaluddin Rumi was an ancient Persian scholar and Sufi master. 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.
Rumi words:
“when my coffin is carried out
you must never think i am missing this
world”
“do not shed any tears
do not lament or feel sorry i am not
falling into a monster’s abyss”
when you see my corpse carried out
do not cry for my leaving
for i am not leaving
i am arriving at eternal love
when you leave me in the grave do not
say goodbye remember
a grave is only a curtain for the
a grave is only a curtain for the
paradise behind
you will only see me descending into
a grave now
watch me rise
how can there be an end when the sun
sets
or the moon goes down
it looks like the end
it seems like a sunset
but in reality it is the dawn
when the grave locks you up
that is when your soul is freed
have you ever seen a seed planted in
earth
not rise with new life
why should you doubt the rise of a seed
named human
have you ever seen a bucket lowered into
a well
come back empty
why lament for a soul when it can come
back
back
like joseph from the well
when and for the last time you close
your mouth
your words and soul will belong to the
world
of no place and no
time
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