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The Guest House. Jalaluddin Rumi. Translated by Coleman Barks. This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes. as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!
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This being human, a guest house of fleeting souls, Each dawn, a gathering of emotions unrolls. From joyful mirth to melancholy despair, A mixture of beings, burdened or fair. Welcome, dear visitors, with open arms, Embrace the variations, their diverse charms.
Read the classic poem by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, The Guest House, which compares life to a guest house where different emotions and experiences visit us. Learn how to welcome and entertain them all with gratitude and openness.
Rumi, a 13th century mystic and poet, invites us to welcome and entertain all the guests who come to our being human, even if they are sorrows or shams. He suggests that they may be sent as guides from beyond and that we should be grateful for them.
13 maj 2011 · Read and analyze The Guest House, a famous poem by the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi. The poem invites us to welcome and entertain all the guests who come to our life, even if they are sorrows or troubles.
Read and explore the meaning of Rumi's famous poem The Guest House, which compares human life to a guest house where different emotions and experiences come and go. See the original Persian text, the English translation, and the annotations by Genius contributors.
The Guest House by Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks) This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes. as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!
