Rumi

Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207–1273) was a Persian poet, jurist, and Sufi mystic whose verse is among the most widely read in the world. Born in Balkh, in present-day Afghanistan, he settled in Konya, in the Seljuk sultanate of Rum, after his family fled the Mongol advance. His friendship with the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz transformed his life and produced the Divan-i Shams, a collection of lyric odes, and his six-volume Masnavi, a long didactic poem of Sufi teaching. He founded the Mevlevi order, known for its whirling dance, and his poetry continues to be widely translated, often freely.