I Was Dead, I Came Alive by Rumi | A Poem of Love and Transformation

“I was dead, I came alive; I was weeping, I became laughter.” Rumi’s poem unfolds through a succession of transformations: cleverness gives way to bewilderment, status to service, and sorrow to joy. This English reading presents ghazal 1393 from the Divan-i Shams, Rumi’s collection of lyric poetry named after Shams of Tabriz. The poem is by Rumi, rather than by Shams. Source: Rumi, Divan-i Shams, ghazal 1393. Persian text: https://ganjoor.net/moulavi/shams/gha... Its language of intoxication, death and rebirth expresses the transforming power of mystical love. Subscribe to Sufi Classics for readings of Sufi poetry and explorations of its writers and teachings. #Rumi #SufiPoetry #DivanOfShams