Monthly Archives: May 2017

“Thanks to God,” You Say (5/28/17)

“Thanks to God,” You Say (5/28/17)

If you don’t know me,

ask the dark night about me;

the night is the confidant of lovers

and the witness of the crying and wailing ones. Continue reading →

His Beauty (5/21/17)

I said to the heart, “When You see the Beloved,

tell Him, if you can, about my situation, my sorrow.”

The heart answered, “When I see the Beloved,

I become so absorbed by His beauty that I can’t talk. I just keep looking at Him.”

Rubailer, Page 337, Rubai #1

Turn (5/14/17)

I really keep turning around bad luck, keep borrowing trouble

when I turn around myself, my illusions instead of You. Continue reading →

Union and Separation (9/11/16)

There is nothing remaining in my ears except Love’s murmur.

There is nothing remaining in my soul–no reason, no thought–

only the sweetness of Eternity.

The colorless brush of Love has mixed all colors.

Now, it can’t remember its past.

Rubailer, Page 164, Rubai #2