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POETRY COLLECTION Mystic Poetsof the East

Mystic Poets of the East

Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, Tagore and Gibran · 17 poems · 30 pages · free to read · for teens and adults

Sufi and bhakti poets of Persia and India, and the modern mystics Tagore and Gibran, on love, longing and the divine.

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Contents

  1. The Sea of Love Rumi (open in book)
  2. Thou and I Rumi (open in book)
  3. The Finding of the Beloved Rumi (open in book)
  4. The Religion of Love Rumi (open in book)
  5. All Religions Are One Rumi (open in book)
  6. The Optimistic Rose Rumi (open in book)
  7. The bird of gardens sang unto the rose Hafiz (open in book)
  8. The days of Spring are here! the eglantine Hafiz (open in book)
  9. O servant, where dost thou seek Me? Kabir (open in book)
  10. The river and its waves are one Kabir (open in book)
  11. The moon shines in my body Kabir (open in book)
  12. I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty Kabir (open in book)
  13. The flute of the Infinite is played without ceasing Kabir (open in book)
  14. Gitanjali 1: Thou hast made me endless Rabindranath Tagore (open in book)
  15. Gitanjali 35: Where the mind is without fear Rabindranath Tagore (open in book)
  16. Gitanjali 69: The same stream of life Rabindranath Tagore (open in book)
  17. God Kahlil Gibran (open in book)

Sources

Poets in this book

Rumi1207–1273 · Persia / AnatoliaRead the bookHafizc. 1315–c. 1390 · PersiaRead the bookKabirc. 1440–c. 1518 · IndiaRead the bookRabindranath Tagore1861–1941 · India (Bengal)Read the bookKahlil Gibran1883–1931 · Lebanon / United StatesPoems

The poems in this collection are in the public domain. This is a reading edition, not a Pagine Original.

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