do you know who is mevlana ?

Question

U.N. did decided that 2007 is the year of mevlana. his books are in bestsellers list since years in usa and in europe. if you want to have some idea take a look at www.mevlana.ws or there are somany pages more

Answer 1

Oh, Rumi! I love his poems! I've even visited his tomb in Konya.
I'm so happy to hear that 2007 will be the year of Mevlana. I'm sure his poetry will become more well-known then. It's also wonderful in these times of controversy between religions that a totally different kind of voice will be heard, transcending superficial differences:


What can I do, Muslims? I do not know myself.
I am no Christian, no Jew, no Magian, no Musulman.
Not of the East, not of the West. Not of the land, not of the sea.
Not of the Mine of Nature, not of the circling heavens,
Not of earth, not of water, not of air, not of fire;
Not of the throne, not of the ground, of existence, of being;
Not of India, China, Bulgaria, Saqseen;
Not of the kingdom of the Iraqs, or of Khorasan;
Not of this world or the next: of heaven or hell;
Not of Adam, Eve, the gardens of Paradise or Eden;
My place placeless, my trace traceless.
Neither body nor soul: all is the life of my Beloved.
I have put away duality: I have seen the Two worlds as one.
I desire One, I know One, I see One, I call One.