Rumi's Poems

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Re: Rumi’s Poems

@Nisha25

i used to think they transcend cultural boundaries but i realized later they don’t. there was one in particular that i held really close to my heart, this one

A true Lover doesn’t follow any one religion,
be sure of that.
Since in the religion of Love,
there is no irreverence or faith.
When in Love,
body, mind, heart and soul don’t even exist.
Become this,
fall in Love,
and you will not be separated again.

which i thought transcended all religions but i realized that i would be disrespecting Rumi if i saw it the way i wanted to see it since Rumi was a muslim and only saw the Quran’s words as paramount and was very islam centric. inside, very strongly i was hoping that this poem was showing tolerance and universality that somehow united all humans by erasing differences but it doesn’t right?

i would like to see the poem in Farsi because sometimes the translations aren’t accurate. the keyword in this poem is ‘religion’ as it has been translated. i strongly suspect the word in Farsi is ‘mazhab’ which does NOT necessarily always mean ‘religion’, do you have this poem in Farsi?