:- Rumis Teacher -The life,conversations and thought... :- Shamsi Tabriz :- Shams and Rumi :- Shams and Rumi Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi by Talha Ja... :- Seek Refuge in the Locks of Shamsi Tabriz! by Rum... :- Shams and Rumi Rumi was like purely clean lamp, ... :- Selections from Maqalat-i Shamsi Tabriz (his Conversations with Rumi) :- Generosity :- Shamsud Din Tabrizi and Nasirud Din Cheragh Dehlav... :- That Shamsi Tabriz was not Shafei ---Thread of a ... :- The Unreadable Script The Spiritual State of Shams... :- Moments with Shams -Words of Wisdom of Rumi’s Teac... :- Muhammad The Prophet of Islam :- The Mausoleum (resting place) of the Prophet in Madina overlooking Masjid al-Nabvi (Prophets Mosque) :- Rumi Videos at Shamsitabriz.net :- Shams Tabrizi stops Maulala for a question :- Jalal ad-Din Rumis Poems from Divan-i Shams-i Tabriz :- Mausoleum of Shams-i Tabriz at Multan, Pakistan Friday, January 05, 2007 Seek Refuge in the Locks of Shamsi Tabriz! By Rumi! Oh heart, place no honey in the mouth of the ill! Speak not of entrancing eyes in the assembly of the blind! Although God is nearer to His servant than his jugular vein (Koran L 16), he is far from those who are far from Him. Occupy yourself with your own inward self! Then like moons the concealed maidens will come out in theophany from behind their veils! Although in this work you will be lost to yourself and the world, outside of yourself and the world you will be famous. If you are the moon of union, give a sign of your union! Tell of the arms, the silver breasts, and the faces of the houris! And if you are yellow gold from separations heartache, where is separations burning brand? Only the coins of the wretched are so dull and tarnished. Since you have no love, at least perform the duties of servanthood, for God will never neglect the wages of the wage earners. Know that love for god is Solomons seal how should Solomons income be related to the wages of ants? Throw away the garments of thought and cogitation, for the sun only shines upon the naked! Seek refuge in the locks of Shams-i Tabrizi, for they rain down musk and will protect you from tyrants. - Ghazal, Divani Shamsi Tabriz, (Ode 2073) Translation by William C. Chittick The Sufi Path of Love SUNY Press, Albany, 1983 Im Light Within His Light I circled awhile with each of the intelligences, the nine fathers that control the levels of spirit-growth. I revolved for years with the stars through each astrological sign. I disappeared into the kingdom of nearness. I saw what I have seen, receiving nourishment as a child lives in the womb. Personalities are born once, a mystic many times. Wearing the body-robe, Ive been busy in the market, weighing and arguing prices. Sometimes I have torn the robe off with my own hands and thrown it away. Ive spent long nights in monasteries, and I have slept with those who claim to believe nothing on the porches of pagodas, just traveling through. When someone feels jealous, I am inside the hurt and the need to possess. When anyone is sick, I feel feverish and dizzy. I am cloud and rain being released, and then the meadow as it soaks it in. I wash the rains of mortality from the cloth around a dervish. I am the rose of eternity, not made of water or fire or the wandering wind, or even earth. I pay with those. I am not Shams of Tabriz, but a light within his light. If you see me, be careful. Tell no one what youve seen. -- Ghazal (Ode) 331 Version by Coleman Barks Say I Am You Maypop, 1994
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