Sunday 30 of July 2-3:30 5pm
venue St Marks Church in Angel
Free event

In these meetings we explore the words of Rumi and other Sufi poets, share sufi poems, stories and experience. The sessions are open to everyone no prior knowledge or experience is required.

You are happy, happy, but I am a thousand times happier!
Whom have I encountered in my dream last night? I know not.
I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world;
But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.
If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me;
For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

(Divan 1740:1-3)
Translated by Fatemeh Keshavarz,
'Reading Mystical Lyric: The Case of Jalal al-Din Rumi',
University of South Carolina Press, 1998.