Rumi Poems- 1

A few of my favorites by Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Balkhī.

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When I am with you, we stay up all night.

When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep.

Praise God for these two insomnias!

And the difference between them

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When I remember your love,

I weep, and when I hear people

talking of you,

something in my chest,

where nothing much happens now,

moves as in sleep.

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