In the year 1258, in the Turkish city of Konya, a heartbroken poet picked up his pen and wrote the opening lines of what would become the most celebrated poem in the Persian language. His name was Rumi. And he didn't start with wisdom or philosophy. He started with a sound — the cry of a reed flute.
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The place
Mevlana Museum (Green Dome)
The Reed Flute
The poem that became the soul of Sufi mysticism
Seljuk Period (c. 1258 AD)Mevlana Museum (Green Dome)
عبرة القصة
“Every human longing is the soul remembering its divine origin — our deepest sadness is homesickness for a home we have forgotten.”
الشخصيات
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Mevlana Jalaluddin RumiS
Shams-i-Tabrizi (referenced)T
The reed flute (ney)M
Mevlevi dervishesالمصدر
Rumi, Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi, Book I; Franklin Lewis, Rumi: Past and Present, East and West