Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz
O thou who art my soul’s comfort in the season of sorrow, O thou who art my spirit’s treasure in the bitterness of dearth! That which the imagination has not conceived , that which the understanding has not seen. , Visiteth my soul from thee, hence in worship…
Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz
Our desert hath no bound, Our hearts and souls have no rest. World in world has ta’ en Form ‘s image ; Which of these images is ours ? When thou seest in the pathway a severed head, Which is rolling toward our field, Ask…
Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz
(Shams Tabrizi was a great Sufi lived in 13. century. He was the spiritual teacher and advisor of Rumi. It is often said that Rumi was a professor who Shams transformed into a mystic, a lover, a poet.) If thou art Love’s lover and seekest Love,…
An Extraordinary Sufi: Shams Tebrizi
The main attraction for those visiting Konya is definitely the green domed Tomb of Rumi. Numerous people visit Rumi’s tomb, but only a small minority take the time to visit a much smaller and more modest tomb next to Rumi’s.