![]() The reed is the metaphor for the soul of the perfect man, and even before Rumi, other Sufies and theosophists have had the same symbolization. Here, Rumi asks the reader to listen to the reed and how it complains about separation and loneliness. ![]() The song starts with “From reed-flute hear what tale it tells what plaint it makes of absence' ills.” is the first verse of the poem too. This literary analysis is using the Redhouse translation from a credible source (dar-al-masnavi) that has collected the different English translations of Rumi poems. There have been many translation of this poem in English. Without proper interpretation it is difficult for the reader, who is not familiar with the theosophical terminologies, understand the real meaning of the poem. ![]() ![]() This literary analysis is trying to interpret some verses of this poem that have been used in this song. Nashnas (a famous Afghan singer) is one of the singers who composed some couplets of this poem in a song during 80s in Afghanistan. One of the greatest collections of Rumi’s poetry is the “Masnavi” that begins with the “Listen to the reed…” poem. One of these lyrics is the “Listen to the reed” poem by Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi, 1207-1273), the famous philosopher and the poet in Persian language. ![]() There are some lyrics that have been used by different singers in multiple music genres. An essay I wrote for one of my English classes in college ![]()
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