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Category: Gazel (longer poem)

Fire (3/14/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 14, 2021

The Beloved's heart is burning for me. Its flame has turned the Earth's harvest into ashes.   A candle put a fire in the heart of this slave, such a candle that it has made a soul of iron and stone melt like a candle. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Beloved, Existence, Fire, Heart, Sun
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I am the Treasure (2/28/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 28, 2021

I wasn't as insane as I am now. I wasn't out of my mind like this before.   I used to be prudent and wise once, not crazy and insane like I am now. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Mind(Reason), The Journey
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I Will Rise (2/14/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 14, 2021

I am not the kind of lion which fights with the enemy. I fight with my self. That's enough for me.   I have become dirt for Love's feet, but am settled in the knowledge that I will rise from the ground like a rose, like an iris. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Love, Resurrection, Self, Silence
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“Yes, that is me.” (1/31/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 31, 2021

It comes to me that I am out of this world today. It comes to me that today, I am hidden from my self.   I grabbed the knife and cut off my existence. Now, I don't belong to me or anyone else. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Heart, Self, Soul
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Scared (1/17/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 17, 2021

I have traveled from town to town, but I haven't seen any city like the city of Love.   At the beginning, I didn't appreciate the value of that city, and because of my ignorance, I suffered much in exile. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Existence, Love, Soul, Suffering, The Journey
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The Light Calling Out (1/3/2021)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted January 3, 2021

I don't know how I became annihilated from that wine. I don't know where I am because of the beauty of placelessness.   Once I was at the bottom of the sea. but then I rose like the sun. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Divine_Wine, Nondualistic Perception, Nothingness, Self
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From the Breath of Love (12/13/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted December 13, 2020

I come slowly like water under straw and carry away the mountain as if it were a piece of straw.   I drip from the gutter, drop by drop. But, like a flood, I pick up and carry away hundreds of palaces. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine_Wine, Love's Sugar
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Come Closer So I Can Show It To You (11/29/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 29, 2020

Your soul is so close to my soul that I know whatever you think.   I have even better proof than this. Come closer so I can show it to you. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Love, Self, Soul
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In That Heart (11/15/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 15, 2020

What kind of work bench do You have in that heart? What idols are You carving in that heart?   Spring has come. It is seed time. Who knows what You are sowing in that heart?   Outside, You are covered with curtains of secrecy. But, You are wide open in...

Tags: Heart, Mind(Reason), Soul
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Look (11/1/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted November 1, 2020

O soul who has been caught in the hook of the body, look at the fisherman. Don't look at the fish hook. (more…)

Tags: Divine_Wine, Love, Magnificent Lie, Suffering, The Journey
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Many Think This is Easy (10/18/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 18, 2020

One should not try to avoid Him for even one moment. Only ruin and wreckage come from being distance!   You say, "What could happen? I could come back." You could, but only if your heart opens its door again. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Longing, Remembrance, Soul, Suffering
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Smile (10/4/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted October 4, 2020

Come, O wise, intelligent man. Smile at the fool. Come, O one who knows his way. Smile at the one who is lost. (more…)

Tags: Nondualistic Perception
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I Gave Up Yesterday (9/20/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 20, 2020

O cupbearer, you are the one who satisfies my need. Serve me wine. Make me happy.   I have become so drunk that I can't separate signs from words. (more…)

Tags: Divine_Wine, Drunk, Dualistic Perception, Nondualistic Perception
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The Lesson of Silence (9/6/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted September 6, 2020

Who is the doctor of the disease which has no cure? Who is our company for this endless journey?   If this is reason, what is craziness? If this is Love, who is the Beloved? (more…)

Tags: Self, Silence
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Today is a Day of Joy (8/23/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 23, 2020

Come. Today is a day of celebration for us. From now on, joy and pleasure will keep growing. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Divine_Wine, Drunk, God, Soul's Sugar
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Where is His Roof? (8/9/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted August 9, 2020

Come, O One who gives new life to the world. Stop the workings of this smart mind. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Existence, Mind(Reason), Nondualistic Perception, Soul
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Enough for Us (7/26/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted July 26, 2020

What is night, what is day for us as long as He is in our heart? He is the One who burns our heart. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Love, Suffering, The Journey
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This Fire (7/12/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted July 12, 2020

If you want to enlighten the universe, if you want to increase the light of this world, all your body must turn into fire like the sun. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Annihilation, Beauty, Love's Fire, Servant
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Songs and Screams (6/28/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 28, 2020

Every night, the specter of my Beauty praises the attributes of my Essence and talks about the Absence of my Essence which proves my Existence.   The Sultan of chess of the seven stars sends a sign from His ayn*-like eye and cim-like ear which checkmates me.   If I...

Tags: Absence, Ecstasy, Existence, Silence, Suffering, The Journey
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Have You Ever…? (6/14/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted June 14, 2020

Have you ever known a wine which has no hangover? Have you ever picked a rose which has no thorns? (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Dualistic Perception, God, Humanity, Suffering, The Journey
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Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 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. (more…)

Tags: Existence, Fate, Love, Soul, Suffering
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Yet, We Still Keep Struggling (5/17/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 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. (more…)

Tags: Dualistic Perception, Ecstasy, Existence, Nondualistic Perception, Nothingness
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Who Is It? (5/3/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted May 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. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Body, Mind(Reason), Self, Soul
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The Joy of Troubles (4/19/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted April 19, 2020

I will be sad if You give me less grief. If You pour sorrow and troubles over my head, I will be embraced by the joy of troubles. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Joy, Love's Fire, Sorrow, Suffering
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If I Miss this Opportunity Now (4/5/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted April 5, 2020

My heart appreciates Beauty. Why should I run away from the Beloved? The dagger in my hand is a good one. Why should I turn my face away from battle? (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Heart, Obedience, Self, The Journey
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Bitter Grapes (3/29/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 29, 2020

O my soul, they found a way to make sugar out of sugarcane. They learned how to weave silk from the matter of mulberry leaves. Be patient. Bitter grapes become halva with time. *halva  Sweetmeats. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #2, page 157.

Tags: Patience, Suffering
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The Soul Keeps Flying (3/22/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 22, 2020

Come soon, so we can throw off the mantle of our body and, in that moment, demolish and flatten the house of our existence. (more…)

Tags: Annihilation, Body, Soul, Suffering
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A Sign Has Appeared from Love (3/8/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted March 8, 2020

Just now, ruby-colored tears have started seeping from my eyes. A sign has appeared from Love, yet a trace of Love's dust never appears. (more…)

Tags: Absence, Beloved, Essence, Heart, Lover, Silence, Soul, Veil
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Such a Love (2/23/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 23, 2020

I need such a Beloved that my soul will hold His stirrup. I need such a musician that Venus will die in front of Him. (more…)

Tags: Beloved, Drunk, Ecstasy, Love, Obedience, Soul, Union
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Make Sure You Learn This Sign (2/9/2020)

By MillicentIn Gazel (longer poem), Rumi PoetryPosted February 9, 2020

Something is striking like lightning. I wonder if that is my heart captivating the Beloved. What is shining from that corner? Is that the ruby mine?   What is around that pearl? Is it the Moon or a star? It is suspended like a lamp made of divine light.  ...

Tags: Annihilation, Beloved, Divine Light, Heart, Nothingness, Pearl, Soul
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