Attribuita a Rumi
«Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.»
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Fonte: Ali, Rozina. «The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi». The New Yorker, 5 de enero de 2017.
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Parole verificate di Rumi
«Listen to the reed how it tells a tale, complaining of separations— Saying, "Ever since I was parted from the reed-bed, my lament hath caused man and woman to moan."»
Masnavi, libro I, vv. 1–2 (trad. inglesa de Nicholson, 1926; texto persa según Ganjoor; la versión de Nicholson sigue una lectura que invierte «queja» y «relato»)
«The lover's ailment is separate from all other ailments: love is the astrolabe of the mysteries of God.»
Masnavi, libro I, v. 110 (trad. Nicholson, 1926)
«Whether love be from this (earthly) side or from that (heavenly) side, in the end it leads us yonder.»
Masnavi, libro I, v. 111 (trad. Nicholson, 1926)