Rumi   Write for The Iranian Editorial policy If my heart's not on fire, then why all this smoke? If there's no incense burning, then what do I smell? Why do I love? And why do I doubt? Why is the moth so eager to burn in the candle's hell? #370, 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 RELATED * Rumi INDEX * Featured poetry * Arts & literature FEATURE * Rumi mausoleum, Konya SITE Dar-al-Masnavi 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) BOOKS * Rumi books

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