You left ground and sky weeping,
mind and soul full of grief.

No one can take your place in existence,
or in absence. Both mourn, the angels, the prophets,
and this sadness I feel has taken from me
the taste of language, so that I cannot say
the flavor of my being apart.

Rumi A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings
Also known as: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى, Mevlana, Jalaluddin Rumi
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Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (جلال‌الدین محمد رومی) Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى)‎ (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) was an Afghan philosopher, theologian, poet, teacher, and founder of the Mevlevi (or Mawlawi) order of Sufism; also known as Mevlana (Our Guide), Jalaluddin Rumi, or simply Rumi.

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