Rumi, a Persian poet from the 13th century, put his devotion to God and love of friendship in numerous poems. Although Rumi’s poems were originally written in Farsi and are centuries old ...

"In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art." Love isn’t ...

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky ... by many Sufis as second in importance only to the Qur'an. Rumi conceived of music, poetry and dancing as a way to get closer to God.

Rumi’s poetry often speaks of love as a spiritual awakening, a force that liberates and transforms. His concept of the field—a space where human judgments dissolve—invites us to reconsider ...