Lines by Rumi
Rumi
جلالالدین محمد بلخی
Persian poet and Sufi mystic · 1207–1273
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, known as Rumi, was born in Balkh and spent most of his life in Konya. His Masnavi, a long poem in six books, is one of the great works of Persian literature.
Listen to the reed, how it tells a tale, complaining of separations.
بشنو این نی چون شکایت میکند / از جداییها حکایت میکند
Masnavi, Book I, line 1
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)