[smprk]

I love many poets and poetry.Two that I would like to share with HN commuity at this time would be - Rumi and Gulzar

Rumi said things like

  Forget safety.
  Live where you fear to live.
  Destroy your reputation.
  Be notorious.

Rumi: Meet you there

  Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
  there is a field.I 'll meet you there.

Rumi: Silence

  There is a way between voice and presence
  where information flows.
  In disciplined silence it opens.
  With wandering talk it closes.

Gulzar: Dil toh bachcha hai ji

  (hindi) Dil toh bachcha hai ji

  (english) Heart is such a child

Gulzar: Your name

  (hindi)
  Nazm uljhi hui hai seene mein
  misare atke hue hain hothon par
  udate phirte hain titaliyon ki tarah
  lafz kaagaz pe baithate hi nahin
  kab se baithaa hun main jaanam
  saade kaagaz pe likh ke naam tera
  bas tera naam hi mukammal hai
  isse behtar bhi nazm kyaa hogi

  (english)
  A poem is entangled in my heart.
  lines are stuck on my lips.
  Fluttering like butterflies,
  words refuse to settle on paper.
  I have labored
  for hours my darling,
  writing your name on this blank sheet of paper.
  Your name itself suffices;
  What other poem can excel that ?

Rumi - http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/875661.Rumi

Gulzar - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10289313-selected-poems

[anon012012]

I love it, mostly Rumi. It's like motivational poetry, for the nerds from 800 years ago.

  “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” - Rumi 
  
  
  “Sit, be still, and listen,
  because you're drunk
  and we're at
  the edge of the roof.” 
  ― Rumi

[smprk]

And one of the best ones from Rumi

  What you seek is seeking you
  - Rumi

[616c]

If you ever take a Sufi Islam class, it is introductions to quotes of Rumi like these that will ruin you forever.

God I love his work. There is a whole school of Sufi sects known as drunk Sufis, drunk on their love of God, so to speak, and Rumi is a fantastic artistic characterization of their mindset.

[bshimmin]

I only discovered Rumi relatively recently, but it was quite a revelation. This one really struck a chord with me:

https://gist.github.com/benshimmin/8da42a687eae6e47f30d

(Yes, putting poetry in a GitHub Gist seems weird, but at least I know it won't disappear in a hurry.)

[peggy]

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."

This is one of my favorite quotes - first came across it while reading "And the Mountains Echoed". I'll definitely have to check out more of Rumi's works.

[octatoan]

Yeah. I first thought it was from some Pamuk, but, no, you're right.

[shahocean]

I absolutely agree. He is a true poet. He started his career in 1957 and he is still going! And the amazing thing about his poetry is that it caters to everyone. I and my father both enjoy listening to his poems(see the age difference) and it never gets old!