

Seek him in the placeless, be will sign you to place When you seek him in place, he will flee to the placeless.Īfter beholding descent, consider resurrection Why should setting be injurious twbrizi the sun and moon? I will cherish the soul, because it has a perfume of thee.īy Allah, I am deficient in knowing Maulana. In the first place, there 1 Catalogue of Oudh Manuscripts, p. So what is Sufism? Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi It is true, again, that while the fashion of pseudonymous authorship is everywhere understood and practised, in Persia the poet k la mode cannot dispense with a takhallus, which instead of exciting curiosity and sparing modesty a blush serves to gratify the generous patron, to immortalise a place or event, to unfold some characteristic, and in fine to secure that its owner shall not for all time lie buried under one of those cumbrous family trees that betray alike the poverty and confusion of Mohammedan nomenclature. Love, Wine, and Beauty are painted in the warmest, the most alluring colours, but with such nicety of phrase that often the same ode will entrance the sinner and evoke sublime raptures in the saint. The misra 1 should be rendered: Though he was born to a soldier, he was much more interested in pursuing an intellectual career, as opposed to a military one. The medieval poet is loved and read in the West and he still is a bestseller in the US. Twere better that the spirit which wears not true love as a garment Had not been: Member feedback about Tomb of Shams Tabrizi: All evil qualities-oppression, hatred, envy, greed, mercilessness, pride-when they are within yourself, they bring no pain.

Divan-e Shams is a.Īlas for this life so light, beware of this slumber so heavy! Selected Poems From Divan-e Shams-e TabriziĪlthough the name of Plotinus was unknown in the East 1his philosophy, made popular by his immediate successors and reflected in Aristotelian commentaries, had considerable influence upon the kindred oriental system. Divan-e Shams Tabrizi (Shanm-e Tabrizi: Complete Works) on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rumi at the age of thirty-seven meets Shams Tabrizi (the sun of Tabriz) “a weird figure wrapped in coarse black felt, who flits across the stage for a moment and. It is often said that Rumi had attained the level of a “Perfect Master” and as such. “Divan-e Shams is a masterpiece of wisdom and eloquence.
