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Month: August 2018

Leave Him Alone. Let Him Go. (8/26/18)

Posted on August 26, 2018August 24, 2018 by Millicent
Leave Him Alone. Let Him Go. (8/26/18)

I yelled, “Where is that drunk heart going?”

The Sultan of sultans said,

“Be silent. He is coming to our side.” Continue reading “Leave Him Alone. Let Him Go. (8/26/18)” →

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

The Secret of This World (8/19/18)

Posted on August 19, 2018August 18, 2018 by Millicent
The Secret of This World (8/19/18)

Last night, I secretly asked an old wise mind,

“Open to me the secret of this world.”

He lowered his voice and whispered in my ear,

“Be silent. It cannot be said.

It can be understood only by the heart.”

Rubailer (2016), Page 270, Rubai #3

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Heart, Humanity, Mind(Reason), Secret Leave a comment

A New Life Altogether (8/12/18)

Posted on August 12, 2018August 11, 2018 by Millicent
A New Life Altogether (8/12/18)

O one who has flown out from this narrow cage,

O one who has gone to the heights of the sky,

 

From now on, you are starting a new life altogether.

What is this aimless life? Continue reading “A New Life Altogether (8/12/18)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Body, Resurrection, Soul, Truth Leave a comment

Satisfaction is for the Ordinary (8/5/18)

Posted on August 5, 2018August 4, 2018 by Millicent
Satisfaction is for the Ordinary (8/5/18)

Only a satiated one says, “The time is getting late.”

Satisfaction is for the ordinary.

Day or night makes no difference to the brave one.

Wolf, sheep, goat — all are the same for a lion.

Rubailer (2016), Page 36, Rubai #3.

 

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Nondualistic Perception, Self Leave a comment

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