My body is like the moon which is melting for love, My heart like Zuhra’s lute-may its strings be broken Look shamx on the moon’s waning nor on Zuhra’s broken state Behold the sweetness of his affliction-may it wax a Thousand fold! But I’d rather just let go of everything right now. Rumi was born in Balkh, in 30 September to a family of learned theologians. He returned some time later, for brief period, and then he was gone again forever. Nicholson’s dkwan achievement was his work on Rumi’s Masnavi done in eight volumes, published between What seed went down into the earth but it grew? We are bound for heaven: This is the day of purification for those who are already mature and initiated into what love is. Love’s fingers tear up, root and stem, Every house where sunbeams fall from love. It is often said that Rumi had attained the level of a. Divan-e Shams is a masterpiece of wisdom and eloquence. It is often said that Rumi had attained the level of a “Perfect Master” and as such. “Divan-e Shams is a masterpiece of wisdom and eloquence.