Abu Saeed Abul Khair
What sweeter than this in the world!
Friend met friend and the lover joined his Beloved.
That was all sorrow, this is all joy
Those were all words, this is all reality.
Another example of the poems attributed to him.
Love came and flew as blood in my veins
Emptied me of myself and filled me with beloved.
Each part of my being she conquered
Now a mere name is left to me and the rest is she.
Man AsleepWhile mankind remains mere baggage in the world
It will be swept along, as in a boat, asleep.
What can they see in sleep?
What real merit or punishment can there be?
RUMI SAYSFrom these depths depart towards heaven;
may your soul be happy, journey joyfully.
You have escaped from the city full of fear and trembling;
happily become a resident of the Abode of Security
If the body’s image has gone, await the image-maker;
if thebody is utterly ruined, become all soul.
If your face has become saffron pale through death,
become adweller among tulip beds and Judas trees.
If the doors of repose have been barred to you,
come, departby way of the roof and the ladder.
If you are alone from Friends and companions,
by the help ofGod become a saheb-qeran.
[lord of happy circumstance].
If you have been secluded from water and bread,
like breadbecome the food of the souls, and so become!