Monthly Archives: May 2020

Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020)

Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020)

Since you are My drunk, O My soul,

don’t worry about the troubles you have.

Since you are My gazelle, O My soul,

don’t worry about the male lion. Continue reading →

Being in God’s Vicinity (5/24/2020)

This solitude is better than the company of thousands.

This freedom is sweeter than owning the whole world.

Being in God’s vicinity for even a short time

is worth more than the soul, more than the universe,

more than all of this, more than all of that.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai #4, page 167.

Yet, We Still Keep Struggling (5/17/2020)

O beauty, you are a beautiful charmer.

Give up acting with such poor appearance, such poor behavior.

If you are content, luck will be a slave and servant for us. Continue reading →

Your Scent (5/10/2020)

Once I got a tiny whiff of Your scent,

I was forced to go Your way.

My color and scent were stolen by Yours.

I was annihilated in the end, so nothing was left of me,

not even a scent. No scent. Nothing.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 175.

Who Is It? (5/3/2020)

Who is it that gives taste and charm to color and shape?

When He hides, form becomes like a child of the devil. Continue reading →