April 2016 – Reading Rumi

“…Then, You Will Become Immortal” (4/23/16)

Although you are a slave behind this curtain,

Once you get out, you will be a Sultan.

Love’s water, the Fountain of Life, says,

“Die here. Then, you will become immortal.”

Rubailer, Page 393, Rubai #2

You color yourself with the color of the community.

Taste the pleasure of the soul: Come to the neighborhood of our tavern

It is customary for Love to eat faith like a meal.

Love doesn’t go after bread or the worries of life;

Its table is set beyond day and night.

So what is fasting? An invitation to a secret feast.

Rubailer, Page 335, Rubai #2

O sword of time, pull out from the sheath of space.

Dive into the sea like a fish.