Frequently quoted on social media, but was not written by Rumi in Persian.
Misattributed
“I raised my arms as if in prayer and heard the mutter of response behind me. Then I scattered the dried grains, red and brown and black, and studied the patterns they formed on the stone ledge before Sibbos. This is not such a mystic thing. You see what it is sensible to see, or else you interpret what you see so that the meaning comes out as you want it.”
Book Two, Part I “Across the Ring”, Chapter 3 (p. 155)
The Birthgrave (1975)
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Song lyrics, Can't Slow Down (1983)
“What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?”
Source: Into the Wild
“I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.”
"Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).
Song lyrics, With Ben Folds Five
Balsamo the Magician (or The Memoirs of a Physician) by Alex. Dumas (1891)