Rumi
Persian · 1207–1273
Thirteenth-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose ecstatic verse on love, union, and transcendence has made him the best-selling poet in the modern world.
Wikipedia ↗“خاموشی زبان خداست / باقی ترجمه ناقص است”
فارسی
“Silence is the language of God; all else is poor translation.”
“از جمادی مُردم و نامی شدم / وز نما مُردم به حیوان سر زدم / مُردم از حیوانی و آدم شدم / پس چه ترسم کی ز مردن کم شدم”
فارسی
“I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was human. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?”
“این آدمی خانهای مهمانسراست / هر صبح مهمان تازهای آید فراز”
فارسی
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.”
Known as "The Guest House." Translation by Coleman Barks, based on A.J. Arberry's scholarly rendering.
“زیرکی بفروش و حیرانی بخر / زیرکی ظن است و حیرانی نظر”
فارسی
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion; bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge.”