20 Rumi Poems in English

Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi, popularly known as "Rumi", is a 13th-century Sufi poet.
His poems have touched the hearts of over a billion people.
Voice: Adam Siddiq
Translation: Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks is popularly known for translating the poetry of Rumi and bringing it to the Western world.
Get Coleman's book here, where you can find this poem along with many others: goo.gl/L3o9av
His translations have been recited by Deepak Chopra, Madonna, Demi Moore, Antonio Banderas, and more friends in Deepak's famous album, A Gift Of Love.
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[@saniabatt4628]

the desire to know your own soul will end all other desires --rumi

[@AdamSiddiq]

Blessings to you Sania!

[@chocolatethundercherry143]

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. ❤️💞🙏🏿❤️

[@amyamy2240]

"what hurts you, blesses you" - Rumi

[@kellyviolette1419]

“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” ― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Kelly! Please share!

[@waltertx.6020]

@Free Speech Why be so negative to people who are trying to learn life's mysteries? I don't understand why you are doing this?!

[@Gowshia_jhatpat_recipe]

​@@waltertx.6020 Hey dear..to know about spritual knowledge to connect with God then please watch ALRA TV at 3am..path of truth ,love and peace, after that take Zikr from Sufi Master, because every religion having same path to God or ALLAAH

[@YahNation]

Bro I'm trying to chill, meditate, and heal. Your breathy voice is way too melodramatic.

[@Jamz2k]

The sufi mystics have brought color back to my spiritual journey

[@AdamSiddiq]

They are incredible beacons of light.

[@MrNoCopyrightMovies]

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself" -Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî

[@sajithata644]

There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Blessings Sajitha!

[@blackneos940]

Theologians may quarrel, but the Mystics of the world speak the same language. :)

[@AdamSiddiq]

Mystics speak a language that theologians can't comprehend. The soul is given its own ears to hear things the mind doesn't understand.

[@blackneos940]

@@AdamSiddiq And as the Ninja say, there are "musical spheres" to be heard..... :) Sorry it took so long to reply, friend. :)

[@blackneos940]

@@AdamSiddiq I meditated just now, for a moment or two, and felt as if I was in a Womb..... The Divine's Womb..... Despite my Autism and Bi-Polar, Light guides me and sustains me..... May IT guide you as well..... :) My name is Adam too..... :)

[@AdamSiddiq]

@@blackneos940 You are beyond labels and especially beyond labels of packaged symptoms. Blessings to you Adam!

[@AdamSiddiq]

@@blackneos940 Blessings brother!

[@KonstanzArrens]

This...THIS...is great poetry. The great poetry of Rumi in the brilliant translation of Coleman Barks. The poetry all the greater since this is a translation. And translation is always a form of "failure", an imperfect copy. The original can never be brought into another language in its full true original form. Allah, God, the Christ, Yahweh, all humanity has been moving from the beginning towards THIS. Different times, different cultures, different words, different personal experiences...but the basic seeking, the basic urge, the basic journey... the same. There is the Sufi story: Four travellers - a Persian, an Arab, a Turk, a Greek - on a journey to a far place arrive at a village, hungry. They have a single coin, enough for one type of food. They argue about what to buy. The Persian wants "angur". the Arab wanted "inab", the Turk wanted "uzum", and the Greek wants "stafili". Another traveller, a linguist, passing by overhears their argument, he says give me the coin I will give you all what you want. At first they were wary, but in the end they gave him the coin. He returned with four bunches of grapes for all of them. "Grapes" - "Angur" in Persian ... "Uzum" in Turkish... "Inab" in Arabic... "Stafili" in Greek. They wanted the same thing without understanding... Sometimes without knowing, even though we may think we know.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Beautiful story, thank you for sharing!

[@KonstanzArrens]

It is from "The Sufis" by Idries Shah. He relates this Sufi story in the chapter, "The Travellers and the Grapes".

[@michaelaureliusrose3064]

The Universe is dancing!! It is dancing!!!✨💖✨

[@michaelaureliusrose3064]

In the darkness I see only the light. In the light I see only my own personal darkness . Amores. .Rumi ❤️✨💖

[@ManeeshKumar-hg1ux]

My search ends here.

[@cherylgibbons4574]

Rumi and Kabir can only be felt by the heart alone. Our minds will never understand or even comprehend these beautiful verses. ❤️

[@TheShamanicHealerGod]

His poetry is so spiritually healing.

[@AdamSiddiq]

ian [psychologue en recherche et dans la pratique] his poetry is spiritual healing

[@blackneos940]

This quarantine seems depressing, but it brings a lot of chance for Love to grow within, and understanding that we are all one, and yet utterly unique. :)

[@AdamSiddiq]

Alone or All-one. Blessings to you.

[@blackneos940]

@@AdamSiddiq And to you too. :) I don't know if you celebrate Christmas, so... Happy Ramadan? :) This December marks five years since my Dad left this world... I wonder what mysteries of creation he has witnessed..... And we need Software and special scopes just to see a Black Hole. :) But my Dad once said while here on Earth, in bodily form.... "99% of what we can see is supported by 1% of what we can't see.".... Something to that effect. :) And musical spheres of the Heavens.... Cosmology helped us to peer beyond the Earth, but Planets actually make sounds! :D

[@hoangbuithai8595]

Love Rumi! Thank you

[@amirdismore340]

Very nice

[@tomkahusi7914]

Love.

[@Mynameislayla]

You are doing an amazing job, brother! Thank you

[@alysaa5228]

Feeling blessed that i have sense to get these words into my head ..now my connectivity is getting more stronger with that one creator of the world ..#BLESSED 😇

[@AdamSiddiq]

God bless you and your family!

[@meleshadgu3230]

you are a blessing to us , thank you

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you! Blessings 🙏🏽

[@parsajamilian5713]

Rumi is the greatest Persian Poet and his poems are fabulous.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi (Rumi) is the greatest poet of all time. Please share Parsa and blessings to your family and you!

[@TT-yd9nu]

Afghan not persian !stop stealing.

[@nickwars1107]

@@TT-yd9nu he was tajik, the tajiks in afghanistan are persians

[@TT-yd9nu]

@@nickwars1107 and paschton in afghanistan are pakitanis right ?😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Aangelarium]

I need more RUMI poetry please dear soul ❤

[@shubhamchanderia4013]

Breeze has ton secret to tell you don't go back to sleep

[@CharlesBunchPhD]

Thanks for what you do at KZbin! Appreciating your follows.

[@amritahansra7983]

Thank you so much . As always so beautiful and soulful.

[@kimsbooks1968]

Very Good Narrations . One of The Best Sellers in Our Book Store

[@blipbliss]

Adam, i am grateful!

[@AdamSiddiq]

I am grateful to receive your gratitude, Virna ❤️

[@lucywilliams4063]

thank you, that was so beautiful

[@ampifox]

Thank you for uploading ❤

[@ydw8405]

Everything Rumi says about Love is all about the love of GOD

[@AdamSiddiq]

yes, and witnessing GOD in all

[@mattkamar9994]

@@AdamSiddiq yes, GOD in All

[@Mr.PM1993]

It was so surprising to know, Rumi was just a very moody clergy man, until he met Shams Tabrizi! Then everything in his life has changed he started poetry! And a kind of dance that in Persian language is called "Sama" for some who had banned these things before!

[@Mr.PM1993]

@Free Speech Free speech or hate speech! U can say u don't believe in something but no way you can insult someone else's !

[@StalkernoandRosefieldsNormanba]

thank you, peace

[@wronthalen]

*the beautiful orchard in spring* If you do not come, these do not matter. If you do come, these do not matter. ❤❤❤❤❤ Felt a shiver down me as I heard this beauty.. This is what a poet like me aspires to be. To see, hear, touch and feel all the beauty and other experiences of the world and write them in the truest sense..

[@AdamSiddiq]

Mawlana is magnificent - spiritual teachings in the guise of poetry.

[@lokeshkhatri225]

It is so beautiful. ✨✨✨

[@maisamfaizi9628]

بسیار عالی و خوب است

[@LordBaronsworth]

This is very well put together!

[@tinawalker8174]

The poetry of Rumi is magnificent and universal.Thank you for your beautiful readings and accompanying images this is balm for my soul.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you for your kindness Tina, please share this with anyone you know who'd love it ❤️🙏🏼

[@adamnassiri8049]

To know Rumi is to know quantum mechanic, Rumi found his soul and ability of Transcending time and space and To other planes and see Wowww Soul travelling is only reason you Live to find( out of body projection ) Life is Eck and Eck is life

[@apoorvarao11]

Wow. Thank you so much

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you for taking the time to watch it Apoorva

[@angela2975]

Beautiful voice!

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Angela!

[@anwishnaz5428]

Aesthetic and soulful💗💗

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Anwish!

[@karencruywagen83]

Love the videos its amazing wow

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thanks Karen!

[@malkitgill2192]

Beautiful ❣️

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Malkit!

[@ryf3658]

Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for this magnificient video.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you for the kind compliment!

[@AdamSiddiq]

@Free Speech then why is your profile named "free speech" as opposed to silence? why are you even talking to begin with? you come across as a hypocrite.

[@angelandrews5105]

Thank you beautiful

[@AdamSiddiq]

thank you! make sure to subscribe to see more future videos!

[@user-qk2br9ko6t]

Beautiful! Rumi speaks straight to the heart! Beautifully read! Also, I found a book named “On my way to Infinity: A Seeker’s Poetic Pilgrimage” by an author named Amogh Swamy very interesting with all the wonderful comtemplative illustrations complementing each poem. Would be lovely if you could read some of the poems from this book with your amazing reading style! ❤

[@tammyleederwhitaker649]

Beautiful

[@AdamSiddiq]

Blessings Tammy

[@emmasun0714]

WOW

[@dgbx6]

Wonderful poems, wonderful reading and music and images. Thank you.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you! Please share ❤️

[@merymmaeyouf8363]

Omg it's very sweeeeeeet tks

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thanks Merym!

[@codewithshams]

Hello to everyone, I am from land of khurasan where we have a lot of poets like rumi

[@mujahid-9630]

Yousef Ghaneemah born in Afghanistan

[@mujahid-9630]

Yousef Ghaneemah he was born in balkh in the north of Afghanistan. It was a major city back then with a lot of great scholars including his father bahauddin balkhi. Trying to teach me our history lmao. His family fled to Syria and then turkey when he was very young.

[@mujahid-9630]

Yousef Ghaneemah fuck man come with some facts otherwise stop hanging onto fairytales. Everyone knows that he was born in Balkh which was a part of Khorasan which is Afganistan now. Khorasan was invaded by arabs but was then back in the hands of Turks, Persians and afghans. Especially after the mongols killed almost 80% of the turkic and Persian population of Khorasan, it left a power vacuum which the afghans filled and not only that but afghans were the first tribe to inflict a heavy loss onto the mongols in the battle of Parwan which is right next to balkh the birthplace of rumi.

[@mujahid-9630]

Yousef Ghaneemah also, rumi’s father bahauddin had seen a dream and already knew of the mongol invasion. He packed up and left Afghanistan and went to Syria along with all his family and his young son rumi.

[@stuarthastie6374]

Yousef Ghaneemah wasn’t he writing in Persian language ?

[@Playstationshow]

Could you please let me know what is the background music playing at 26:52 called? Thanks in advance.

[@saad-wd6fd]

Is there any place to find this reading without the background music? If anyone knows could you please share a link?

[@MariaSantos-mr4og]

💙 Rumi lindo💙

[@LavenderFieldsForever]

Divinity 💜

[@AdamSiddiq]

Blessings to you!

[@dwanderful1]

Cant followvfor the backgroynd noise

[@x__rajan]

😍😍

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Rajan!

[@dragosgoldan8825]

I LOVE ALL OVER MY HEART AND ALL OVER MY SOUL TOO MEVLANA JALAOUDINI RUMI...BECAUSE HE REPRESENT FOR ME EVERYTHING...MY OWN PRECIOUS EXISTANCE IN THIS UNIVERSE AND THE ENTIRED GALAXY TOO NOW AND FOREVER FOR TOTALLY IMORTALITY...!!!DRAGOS MIHAI GOLDAN THE ROMANIANS RUMI OF THIS UNIVERSE FOR TOTALLY IMORTALITY...!!!

[@Ines-qg9kj]

Merci :)

[@AdamSiddiq]

Inès it’s my joy! Please share!!

[@turboguy1813]

It’s about the One True Love of Rumi for The Creator of ALL THAT is: Humans, Animals, Plants, the Whole Earth and Everything bevond; ALLAH, And THAT is Arabic for Thé God, the ONE GOD, THE CREATOR OF ALL.

[@theladyofthelakesFTs888]

Thank you for your time and effort. This is lovely💕

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Kirsten ❤️Please share 🙏🏼

[@thelightpoets3603]

Not Coleman, not Coleman big mistake.. how does one translate a language one does not read or know.

[@sulymanahmed5423]

Can u pleasßssssssssse make more Rumiiiiiiii videossss....intoxicated love shock

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Sulyman! Yes, more in the works!

[@sabzevarian1]

Does anyone know this poem in Farsi by Rumi Before you speak let your words pass through three gates: Is it true Is’t it necessary Is it kind

[@dalirghaderian881]

please put translation these poets to persian

[@esneliamunoz4475]

🕉🕉🕉🙏

[@madonanathema]

May allah guide us all ❤️

[@AdamSiddiq]

Allah always is, humanity just needs to get better at listening to the whispers from our heart. Blessings upon you brother!

[@mohsenestesnaee3451]

Do you now what is matrix and rumi?

[@SomebodyPerfectly]

.....A reupload without the drum n bass track would be lovely

[@RoobaScooba]

I wish there wasn't so much background music(noise)

[@francismausley7239]

Thank you. "It is the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit that causes words such as these to stream from the tongue of poets, the significance of which they themselves are oftentimes unable to apprehend." - The Bab, The Dawnbreakers, Baha'i Faith

[@AdamSiddiq]

Francis Mausley blessings to you 🙌🏽

[@francismausley7239]

@@AdamSiddiq And to you as well!

[@Jamz2k]

3:03

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thanks!

[@TT-yd9nu]

Afghan Poem!

[@AdamSiddiq]

Mawlana Balkhi :-)

[@EvolutionTherapy]

Thank you for sharing this video

[@AdamSiddiq]

It is my honor Ana.

[@Ananymous_suer]

Could you also share the actual Persian poems? It feels so strange to just listen to English translation. I find the poetry very musical.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Toot Si yes, my vision is to have all of Mawlana’s poems available in...really all the languages...but at least the major languages of the world. I’ve started with English now because it isn’t as available as Farsi, and I will have them in Farsi, English, Spanish, Italian, French, Mandarin, Hindi, Pashto, Urdu, Turkish, Japanese, and many more.

[@alilll7760]

@@AdamSiddiq if you want ,I have it

[@artofmeditationwellness4486]

New video out focussed on the great wise words and poems of Rumi - kzbin.info/www/bejne/emjNiZJ7mrZ9fsk

[@sumitnaiyaa]

Who came here after Sandeep Maheshwari's recent video

[@darialanga6305]

The music is really botherig.

[@Ashyknees-si2fn]

me, waiting for the bus: .... The homeless man:

[@alilll7760]

Thank you , I am an Iranian, Rumi is not Iranian, Afghan or Turkish, he is human for all nations and all ages.(Only to the senseless is this sense confided: the tongue hath no customer save the ear.''Rumi'')

[@AdamSiddiq]

He is not Rumi either. He is beyond words, labels, names, and that is what he's reminding all of us. Our home is Love.

[@alilll7760]

​@@AdamSiddiq exactly.Soon, I will put the original actual Persian poems in English subtitle.Hope you like it

[@AdamSiddiq]

Yousef Ghaneemah you couldn’t be more wrong

[@AdamSiddiq]

Yousef Ghaneemah First of all, just because it’s on Wikipedia doesn’t mean it’s factual nor credible. So if that’s the argument you want to make, best to reference multiple sources that showcase this with evidence. He, his father, and his grandfather are all from Balkh, Afghanistan. Afghans are not Arabs. Second of all, you’re entirely missing the point that Ali made that I added upon. If you view Mawlana solely in racial terms, you miss out on everything he was speaking about the nature of us and the nature of reality. We are Love. We are energy. We are consciousness.

[@AdamSiddiq]

@Yousef Ghaneemah you don't just go and say "im just stating the truth" and don't source any credible evidence lol. you haven't stated anything other than your opinion and you have failed to back it with evidence. enjoy the video.

[@dwanderful1]

Music is too Loud

[@abidpardasi]

Thank you for putting great effort in this gret poet if in anyway u put persian in is well

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you Abid! Blessings to you! Yes, Farsi versions are in production.

[@imanag3533]

Long life Iran. Hats off to great Iranian culture and civilization.👍👍

[@LeoniDAS643]

Rumi wasn't an Iranian. He was a tajik of Afghanistan.

[@AdamSiddiq]

​@@LeoniDAS643 yes, from Balkh. Mawlana Jalaluddin Muhammad BALKHI.

[@ealing26]

Fuck off. He is not iranian. He is from Balkh

[@sediqullah1]

I think rumi knew about evolution much before than Charles Darwin.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Rumi speaks about evolution in the sense of us as consciousness. We evolve experiencing one experience to another. What we are as consciousness itself.

[@Mevmotto]

No to the heavy breathing 👀

[@elhaamjani115]

How Rumi Destroyed My life He captures the imagination and directs them toward a self-destructive path of giving away material pleasures and physical comfort through periods of fasting to cause hallucinations and dread and preys on your conscience and uses the guilt to guide people towards depression and hopelessness Rumi is a hiding behind dark love directed towards the divine He claims to represent tolerance and universal love He claims that the spirit of his love dwells in every human heart His teachings lead to intense hallucinations especially during periods of hardship such as physical pain or dehydration He hides behind faith and spirituality but his teachings are full of hubris. This is evident in his teachings through a lack of any sort of acknowledgement of mistakes He captures the imagination and directs them toward a self-destructive path of giving away material pleasures and physical comfort through periods of fasting to cause hallucinations and dread and preys on your conscience and uses the guilt to guide people towards depression and hopelessness Some might remember a bearded Uber drive in the DC area who introduced people to Rumi in ignorance. Saed Wasim Hashimi

[@luminousraven4970]

Not ONE tiny word from Rumi obliges anyone to listen. Those that will not listen can go their merry way elsewhere and fashion their very own parameters, glorious or otherwise; however they like, wherever they like and whenever they like-. Only a fool will bother to complain about another's joy, believing their joy is better or superior!

[@syed2194]

These are false translations.

[@JohnLevis]

How long does it take to get used to this over dramatic and exaggerated accent?

[@mehdisorena1420]

Iranian poetry.thanks.🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

[@AdamSiddiq]

Afghan poetry, and you're welcome! Make sure to subscribe to see more future videos!

[@TT-yd9nu]

@@AdamSiddiq right!

[@ealing26]

Fuck off. He is from Balkh, not Iran you pig

[@TheMOZADI]

do u guys think Rumi was like Conor mcgregor who carried his flag around and bragged about being from somwhere...Ur shallow lil butts dont get him XD

[@davegarcia2670]

You trying to hard

[@AdamSiddiq]

Dave Garcia you’re* not you

[@davegarcia2670]

You’re trying to hard*

[@nickwars1107]

@@davegarcia2670 You're trying too hard*

[@davegarcia2670]

Nick Wars hard is one trying

[@nickwars1107]

@@davegarcia2670 what???

[@gss8079]

Scary voice

[@AdamSiddiq]

Love is scary to those unwilling to surrender to love.

[@s.j.l.8252]

Why is he talking like a sex phone operator?

[@greghoward3573]

Darn music ruined it

[@indiantemptations-theoffic7745]

To much drama in the voice; too much 😵‍💫

[@pauljohn3230]

The unnecessary, melodramatic delivery is disquieting. The unnecessary music is even worse...

[@jazzsnare]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2eld3mtmt-qe8U How's this for you?>

[@AdamSiddiq]

the unnecessary 🐴💩of your comment is why you need to get a life and be in service to others, paul

[@pauljohn3230]

@@AdamSiddiq The unnecessary insults shows you have much to learn and are incapable of receiving constructive criticism in a mature manner

[@AdamSiddiq]

@@pauljohn3230 you're delusional, lack soul, and a sense of humor, sport.

[@amiller8023]

Do not let the unhappy 😒 trolls worry you with their negative contagion. The vast majority of listeners are touched, moved and soothed in these difficult times. Thank you

[@davesaddiction2024]

Bro sound like Batman read it normally

[@jamesbelt3667]

This is not Rumi . Thunbs down ass .

[@AdamSiddiq]

Read his material before you say such foolish things.

[@jamesbelt3667]

@@AdamSiddiq Ok he is gay . I will ty .

[@AdamSiddiq]

@@jamesbelt3667 get a life

[@CharlesBunchPhD]

Thanks for what you do at KZbin! Appreciating your follows.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you! Blessings!

[@CharlesBunchPhD]

Thanks for what you do at KZbin! Appreciating your follows.

[@AdamSiddiq]

Thank you! Blessings!