Rumi	Write for The Iranian Editorial policy

You pitched your moon-tent on the night's dark depth;

Then threw water on Reason as he slept.

Your lullaby promises set dreams afloat,

And then, with goodbye's knife, you cut sleep's throat.

#1801: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988).

Translated by Zara Houshmand
Zara Houshmand's features index

RECOMMENDED

Rumi: The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis

The Essential Rumi
American bestseller
By Coleman Barks (Translator)

Comment for The Iranian letters section