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Month: May 2018

This Is Fate (5/27/18)

Posted on May 27, 2018May 12, 2018 by Millicent
This Is Fate (5/27/18)

You excite this crowd every day

by erasing thousands of well-beings down below.

This is fate. It goes on as long as the wheel of fortune turns.

Please, be kind and generous to the souls of the poor.

Rubailer, Page 472, Rubai #3

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Existence, Fate, Humanity

The One Who Exists Is Not Me (5/20/18)

Posted on May 20, 2018May 12, 2018 by Millicent
The One Who Exists Is Not Me (5/20/18)

“O Sultan of the Earth,” I said in the early dawn,

“I swear to God that there is no one who matches You.

No one is Your peer. Continue reading “The One Who Exists Is Not Me (5/20/18)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Annihilation, Beloved, Drunk, Nothingness

Nothing But Longing (5/13/18)

Posted on May 13, 2018May 12, 2018 by Millicent
Nothing But Longing… (5/13/18)

My life has become nothing but longing.

O Beloved, what a beauty, what a charm is that?

I don’t clap my hands if You are not the player.

I don’t drink wine if You are not the cupbearer.

Rubailer, Page 471, Rubai #2

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Beloved, Divine_Wine, Longing

Our Peace is No Good (5/6/18)

Posted on May 6, 2018May 5, 2018 by Millicent
Our Peace is No Good (5/6/18)

There is a Beauty whose face resembles the Sun.

The nicest curtain is the shadow cast by Him.

 

He rises like the Sun. Particles become restless.

For goodness sake, don’t keep that Spring-like face behind the curtain. Continue reading “Our Peace is No Good (5/6/18)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Beloved, Divine_Wine, Drunk, Suffering, The Journey

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