A New Rule by Rumi
A New Rule
It is the rule with drunkards to fall upon each other, to quarrel, become violent, and make a scene. The lover is even worse than a drunkard.
Rumi
(1207 – 1273) Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Mawlānā/Mevlânâ and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States.
Rumi
I have come so that, tugging your ear by Rumi
I have come so that, tugging your ear,
I have come so that, tugging your ear, I may draw you to me, unheart and unself you, plant you in my heart and soul.
Reason says, I will beguile him with the tongue by Rumi
Reason says, "I will beguile him with the tongue;"
Reason says, "I will beguile him with the tongue;" Love says, "Be silent. I will beguile him with the soul.
Confused and Distraught by Rumi
Confused and Distraught
Again I am raging, I am in such a state by your soul that every bond you bind, I break, by your soul.