Sunday Poetry: 5 Enchanting short poems by Rumi

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī aka Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet whose work in literature is enlightening and enchanting. He explored the themes of love, life, and spirituality, using beautiful words and metaphors that made his work relatable and enjoyed all over the world. 

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.

Let yourself be silently drawn
by the strange pull of what you really love.
It will not lead you astray.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to.
Don’t try to see through the distances.
That’s not for human beings. Move within,
but don’t move the way fear makes you move.