O rainy season, like sad lovers crying
because of the absence of our beloved ones,
pour your rain on our friends. Continue reading “Like Sad Lovers Crying (9/27/2026)”
Like Sad Lovers Crying (9/27/2026)
Category: Gazel (longer poem)
Don’t Think It is All Just Play (9/13/2025)
A wayward, amiable friend had became insane.
His cup had fallen from the roof. His secret had became known.
Here, look: Once he was sent to the lunatic asylum. Continue reading “Don’t Think It is All Just Play (9/13/2025)”
His Light Shines inside of this Storm (8/30/2026)
I told the Beloved yesterday, “O, peerless Beauty,
even the moon in the sky has become jealous of You and has folded in two.” Continue reading “His Light Shines inside of this Storm (8/30/2026)”
Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026)
His image in your heart offers endless favors,
just so you won’t look anywhere else. Continue reading “Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026)”
Once You Reach the Beloved (8/2/2026)
A heart-catching smell has come from the sky,
saving every tired, broken-hearted prey from the trap of the flesh. Continue reading “Once You Reach the Beloved (8/2/2026)”
Saved from the Sword of Death (7/19/2026)
Sounds are coming from the sky every moment, but no one hears them
except the Ones who are in a state of ecstasy.
O one who bends his head down like a donkey,
drink less of this water, eat less of this grass.
For one moment, lift your head up. Maybe you will see a sign or bit of proof. Continue reading “Saved from the Sword of Death (7/19/2026)”
That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026)
O One who rides the horse of eternity and is leaving this temporary monastery,
You know Your way.
You’re going to that place You know so well. Continue reading “That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026)”
Maybe You Will Get to Know Us (6/21/2026)
O friend, if you do good to others, you will better yourself a hundred times over.
Even if you turn your face the other way,
maybe you will get to know Us. Continue reading “Maybe You Will Get to Know Us (6/21/2026)”
Hidden (6/7/2026)
O One who gives ecstasy to the soul without a wine cup,
an ecstasy even better than eternal drunkenness!
Come, if only for one moment.
Give us our blessing,
that moment which is clean of everything, including cleanness.
How long must we wait for that unique moment? Continue reading “Hidden (6/7/2026)”
This is Eternal Blessing (5/24/2026)
O one who has good intentions, start your journey now.
Find that Beloved who can direct you in the right way.
Search everywhere for that One who will give you happiness.
Seek the road to reach Him.
Where is that great One? How can you find Him? Continue reading “This is Eternal Blessing (5/24/2026)”