Inside this new love, die. Your way begins on the other side. Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape. Walk out like someone suddenly born into color. Do it now. You’re covered with thick cloud. Slide out the side. Die, and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign that you have […]
THE MATHNAWI OF MAULANA JALALU-‘D-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI Abridged and Translated by E.H. Whinfield © 1898 Book II PROLOGUE STORY I The Sufi’s Beast STORY II The Pauper and the Prisoners STORY III The King and his Two Slaves STORY IV The Falcon and the Owls STORY V The Thirsty Man who threw Bricks into the […]
THE MATHNAWI OF MAULANA JALALU-‘D-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI Abridged and Translated by E.H. Whinfield © 1898 Book I PROLOGUE STORY I The Prince and the Handmaid STORY II The Oilman and his Parrot STORY III The Jewish King, his Vizier, and the Christians STORY IV Another Tyrannical Jewish King STORY V The Lion and the Beasts […]