“All those broken and ruined ones, with their Hearts and Souls, keep their hopes pinned on You, expecting to get something from Your endless knowledge.” -Rumi • Badshahi Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
A word came from sky to Soul: “It’s time. Come back.” Soul answered, “Greetings, O Beauty who invites me. I’m coming.” -Rumi • Abbasi Mosque. Bahawalpur, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“I’ll be silent. The silence that Love would tell to Love, that would be a narration which would feed the Soul and have no end.” -Rumi • Karimabad, Hunza. Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“Sounds are coming from the sky every moment, but no one hears them except the ones who are in a state of ecstasy.” -Rumi • Wazir Khan Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“Oh Soul! You worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds.” -Rumi • Badshahi Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“Don’t reveal secrets to those who don’t believe Don’t tell the beloved’s story to an outcast Don’t speak to strangers who can’t understand Don’t talk to a thorn-eating camel about anything but thorns.” -Rumi • Delhi Gate. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“O morning breeze, you are the messenger who brings news from the Beloved every morning.” -Rumi • Wazir Khan Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.” -Rumi • Delhi Gate. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“O Heart, what has happened to your patience, your decision? Where is your work, your occupation? Why do you lose your sleep day and night?” -Rumi • Badshahi Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“In my hallucination I saw my Beloved’s flower garden.” -Rumi • Wazir Khan Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
“If I pluck a flower without You, it becomes a thorn in my hand, and if I’m a thorn, with You I become roses and jasmine.” -Rumi • Faisalabad, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
"Listen to presences inside poems, let them take you where they will. Follow those private hints, and never leave the premises." -Rumi • Attabad Lake, Hunza. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
"This heart of mine bears Your imprint; it has nowhere else to turn." -Rumi • Derawar Fort. Bahawalpur, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
"How happy is the pure gold when it enters the fire, as it may practice its artistry and show its real value in the fire." -Rumi • Juglot, Gilgit. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
"God's Mercy is water; it flows to the lowest; I will become humble earth to be embraced by the Merciful." -Rumi • Wazir Khan Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
"Reason saw a market and set up shop, but love trades in another currency altogether." -Rumi • Karimabad, Hunza. (Instagram: aabbiidd)
"For without you, I swear, the town has become like a prison to me. Distraction and the mountain and the desert, all I desire." -Rumi • Upper Hunza Valley. Karakoram Highway, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)