Rumi: Separation from Divine Beloved | Divan, Ghazal 69

• Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast
• Producer and host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
• Co-host: Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki
• Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
• Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi

In this episode of the Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast, I analyze ghazal 69 from Rumi's Divan. In this poem, haunted and maddened by divine love, Rumi turns to his divine Beloved, asking Him to end his life or this separation.

 

Timeline:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:56 The poem's analysis
• 09:49 The poem's recitation in Farsi

 

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