His image in your heart offers endless favors,
just so you won’t look anywhere else. Continue reading “Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026)”
Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026)
Category: Gazel (longer poem)
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)”
O Soul, Become Drunk Here (5/10/2026)
It’s impossible to have such a Moon in this world.
Concede it, O heart, concede.
You’re threatening me with a fight? Let’s fight! Continue reading “O Soul, Become Drunk Here (5/10/2026)”
Words Knitted Loosely (4/26/2026)
If you see a drunk who knows the secret,
you can be certain that he is His drunk.
If you see one whose heart is alive,
you can be certain
that He is the One Who made him like that. Continue reading “Words Knitted Loosely (4/26/2026)”
Shine (3/29/2026)
Keep playing, tambourine, keep playing. You will reach the kingdom.
O One who is the confidant of men and women, don’t worry.
Be brave. Continue reading “Shine (3/29/2026)”