07/06/2026
Juuso Karim Jokiniemi read from the powerful words of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi’s profound poetic and story based book of guidance the Masnavi verses from the first poem: The song of the reed. And performed the sacred seremony of whirling initiated by Rumi as a means of union with the Divine.
Here the beginning translated by Jawid Mojadeddi
The Masnavi published by Orford World Books
“Now listen to this reed-flute’s deep lament
About the heartache of being apart has meant:
‘Since from the reed-bed they uprooted me
My song’s expressed each human’s agony,
A breast which separation has split in two
Is what I seek, to share this pain with you:
When kept from their true origin, all yearn
For union on the day they can return
Amongst the crowd, alone I mourn my fate
With good and bad I have learnt to integrate
That we were friends each one was satisfied
But none sought out my secret from inside
My deepest secret’s in this song I wail
But eyes and ears can’t pe*****te the veil
Body and soul are joined to form one whole
But no one is allowed to see the soul…”
