One of this author's poems reads in its entirety "Inside water, a waterwheel turns, a star circulates with the moon." Another of this man's poems asks "Who hath seen a poison and antidote like the flute?" That poem ends "The beloved is all that lives
One of this author's poems reads in its entirety "Inside water, a waterwheel turns, a star circulates with the moon." Another of this man's poems asks "Who hath seen a poison and antidote like the flute?" That poem ends "The beloved is all that lives, the lover is a dead thing." That poem about a reed flute is a preface to this man's major collection, which has been translated by Coleman Barks. This man, who adapted the ghazal form of Amir Khusrow for his own poetry, produced his major work in the city of Konya. During public recitals, he ended most of his poems with either a "reign of silence" or an homage to his teacher Shams of Tabriz. For 10 points, identify this author of the Masnavi, a book of Sufi poetry often called Spiritual Couplets.
One of this author's poems reads in its entirety "Inside water, a waterwheel turns, a star circulates with the moon."
Rumi [or Jala al-Din Muhammad Balkhi]