MAWLANA JALAL AL-DIN AL-RUMI passed away on Dec 17, 1273.
This date is known as Sheb-i Arus (Wedding Night) .
Every year the 17th of December is celebrated as the night of Rumi's reunion with his Beloved.
When I die
when my coffin
is being taken out
you must never think
i am missing this world
dont shed any tears
dont lament or
feel sorry
im not falling
into a monsters abyss
when you see
my corpse is being carried
dont cry for my leaving
im not leaving
im arriving at eternal love
when you leave me
in the grave
dont say goodbye
remember a grave is
only a curtain
for the paradise behind
youll only see me
descending into a grave
now watch me rise
how can there be an end
when the sun sets or
the moon goes down
it looks like the end
it seems like a sunset
but in reality it is a dawn
when the grave locks you up
that is when your soul is freed
have you ever seen
a seed fallen to earth
not rise with a new life
why should you doubt the rise
of a seed named human
have you ever seen
a bucket lowered into a well
coming back empty
why lament for a soul
when it can come back
like Joseph from the well
when for the last time
you close your mouth
your words and soul
will belong to the world of
no place no time.
~ Rumi
This date is known as Sheb-i Arus (Wedding Night) .
Every year the 17th of December is celebrated as the night of Rumi's reunion with his Beloved.
When I die
when my coffin
is being taken out
you must never think
i am missing this world
dont shed any tears
dont lament or
feel sorry
im not falling
into a monsters abyss
when you see
my corpse is being carried
dont cry for my leaving
im not leaving
im arriving at eternal love
when you leave me
in the grave
dont say goodbye
remember a grave is
only a curtain
for the paradise behind
youll only see me
descending into a grave
now watch me rise
how can there be an end
when the sun sets or
the moon goes down
it looks like the end
it seems like a sunset
but in reality it is a dawn
when the grave locks you up
that is when your soul is freed
have you ever seen
a seed fallen to earth
not rise with a new life
why should you doubt the rise
of a seed named human
have you ever seen
a bucket lowered into a well
coming back empty
why lament for a soul
when it can come back
like Joseph from the well
when for the last time
you close your mouth
your words and soul
will belong to the world of
no place no time.
~ Rumi
