Everything except love is devoured by Love

The wild beast wouldn’t dare to devour the flesh of the lover:
Love is recognized both by the corrupt and by the good;
and if the beast should attempt to rip the lover apart with words,
the lover’s flesh will become a fatal poison.
To the beak of Love the two worlds are but a single grain.
Everything except love is devoured by Love.
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Lahm-e `āsheq-rā niyārad khvord dad
`eshq ma`rufast pish-e nik o bad
Var khvord khvod fi al-masal dām o dadesh
gusht-e `āsheq zahr gardad be-kashadesh
Harcheh joz `eshqast shod ma’kul-e `Eshq
do jahān yek dāneh pish-e nul-e `Eshq

- translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski
“Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance”
Threshold Books, 1996

The image above was taken by JS in Mongolia

Poetry, Rumi Comments 4 Sep 17th, 2006

4 Responses to “Everything except love is devoured by Love”

  1. indianglory Says:
    September 17th, 2006 at 3:47 pm

    ya u can proceed, thanks for ur comment
    best regards

  2. Irving Says:
    September 18th, 2006 at 6:47 pm

    Ah what lovely words. Rumi is the master of Love. We are but beggars at His door, seeking crumbs.

    Ya Haqq!

  3. jugnoo Says:
    September 21st, 2006 at 1:04 pm

    Really nice post & yes irving Mr. Rumi has many factories of magical words, he is just amazing.

  4. razarumi Says:
    September 21st, 2006 at 2:52 pm

    Irving, Jugnu
    Many thanks for leaving the comment. The beauty of Rumi’s poetry is amazing indeed.

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