Deepak Chopra - The Love Poems of Rumi
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Transcript of Deepak Chopra - The Love Poems of Rumi
P o e n l
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Born Jaial ad-Din Mohammad
Balkhi in Persia early in the thir-
teenth century. the poet known as
Rumi (named after the ciry where
he lived) composed works of mysti-
cism and desire that inspired count-
less people ih his own time -and
throughout the centuries. His poems
expressed the deepest longings of
the human'heart for i ts beloved, for
that transcendent int imacy which is
the source of the divine.
This slender. beauti ful volume
considts ofnew translatio,ns by Farsi
scholar Fereydoun Kia, edited by
Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich
mood and nrusic of Rumi's love
poems. Exalted yearning, ravishing
ecstasy, and consuming desire emerge
from these poelns as powerfully
today as they did on rheir creation
more than 70U years.ago,
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H C O N T E N T S H
Acknowle ilgm ent s- D eep ak C hop raAcknowle dgffi ents- F ercy d o un Ki aIntroduction
The Agony and Ecstasy of DivineDiscontent: The Moods of Rumi
The Agony of Lovers
The Alchemy of Love
Aroused Passion
The Awakening
Behind the Scenes
My Beloved
Bittersweet
My Burning Heart
Caught in the Fire of Love
Come to Me
Defeated by Love
Desire
Do You Love Me?
Dying to Love
The Hunt
I Am and I Am Not
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I Am Yours
Intoxicated by Love
Looking for Love
Looking for Your Face
Lost in the Wilderness
The Lover's Passion
The Meaning of Love
The Mythical Lover
Precious Love
Surrender
The Privileged Lovers
Excerpts fuom Birdsong:"Love is the waY messengers""A lightwind coming downhill""People want you to be haPPY""In your light I learn how to love"
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The Agonl and Flcstas.f ofD io ine D isconten t :
The Moods of Rumi
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In th. orchard and rose garden
I long to see your face.
In the taste of Sweetness
I long to kiss your lips.
In the shadows of passion
I long for your love.
Oh! S.rpr"me Lover!
Let me leave aside my worries.
The flowers are blooming
with the exultation of your Spirit.
By Allah!
I long to escape the prison of mY ego
and lose mYself
in the mountains and the desert'
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These sed and lonely people tire me'
I long to revel'in the dtunken frenzy of your love
and feel the strength of Rustam in my hands'
I'm sick- of mortal kings'
I long.to see Your light.
With lamPs in hand
the sheikhs and mullahs roam
the dark alleYs of these towns
not finding what theY seek.
Yoo "r. the Essence of the Essence,
The intoxication of Love.
I long to sing Your Praises
but stand mute
with the agony of wishing in my heart'
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The Agonrf of l ,ooers
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Th. "gor,y of lovers
burns wirh the fire of passion.Lovers leave traces of where they,ve been.
The wailing of broken hearrs
is the doorway to God.
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You bewilder us
with your grace.
All evils
transform into
goodness.
Yor, "r" rhe master alchemist.
You hght the fire of love
in earth and sky
in heart and soul
of every being.
Through your loving
existence and nonexistence merge.
All opposites unire.
All that is profane
becomes sacred again.