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Month: May 2016

How Are You? (5/29/16)

Posted on May 29, 2016May 29, 2016 by Millicent
How Are You? 5/29/16
How Are You? 5/29/16

How are you?  How do you do?

“How” and “what” won’t help anyone understand you.

Except for the Sultan who is beyond “how” and “what,”

Nobody will understand you. Continue reading “How Are You? (5/29/16)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Existence, Heart, Soul Leave a comment

Everything, Everyone Seems to Exist (5/22/16)

Posted on May 22, 2016May 22, 2016 by Millicent
Everything, Everyone Seems to Exist (5/22/16)
Everything, Everyone Seems to Exist (5/22/16)

The world is charmed by His attributes.

Everything, everyone seems to exist.

But, they are all annihilated in front of Him,

And only the one who can lift the curtain of mortality

May reach His Essence behind His attributes.

Rubailer, Page 200, Rubai #2

 

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Existence, Humanity Leave a comment

How Can You Find Fault? (5/15/16)

Posted on May 15, 2016May 14, 2016 by Millicent
How Can You Find Fault? (5/15/16)
How Can You Find Fault? (5/15/16)

The lover breaks his chains when he goes to the side of lovers.

The one who is insane keeps turning

And tears apart all his measures. Continue reading “How Can You Find Fault? (5/15/16)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Suffering, The Journey Leave a comment

This Is the Time of Separation (5/8/16)

Posted on May 8, 2016May 7, 2016 by Millicent
This is the Time of Separation (5/8/16)
This is the Time of Separation (5/8/16)

Morning has come; daylight has broken out.

This is the time of separation for those who stay awake all night.

The desire for sleep has arrived,

And the eye which was our night guard has fallen asleep

Rubailer, Page 194, Rubai #4

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Separation Leave a comment

Hundreds of Lights from God’s Purse (5/1/16)

Posted on May 1, 2016May 9, 2016 by Millicent
Hundreds of Lights from God's Purse (5/1/16)
Hundreds of Lights from God’s Purse (5/1/16)

O my soul, behind the curtain of the soul, there is a secret world, a secret drinking.

Behind the curtain of Absence, there are hundreds of Josephs of Canaan. Continue reading “Hundreds of Lights from God’s Purse (5/1/16)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Death, Love's Sugar, Suffering, The Journey Leave a comment

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