Masnavi, Book Three

''Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it''s your last breath. Your life is like a purse, and night and day Are counters of gold coins you''ve put away'' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of...