O humans who are better than the Moon and moonlight,
you have been created from water and mud,
but you are better than that!
Why are you stuck in the mud?
O drunks of the tavern, you are submerged in a whirlpool.
Why do you sleep day and night? Wake up!
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1497, page 62.
O sultan, are you remembering the throne?
Are you remembering the Sultan of sultans?
O imperial tent, your flaps have been dancing.
Are you remembering that the wind
can change you from one form to another?
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1494, page 60.
O gentle hearts who are sowing the seeds of loyalty
and scattering pearls of joy on black soil,
wherever you are, you know my situation.
Please, don’t leave me in the land of separation!
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1493, page 60.
My face was very pale before today.
My heart was crying, crying, crying.
I was crazy like that lover Majnun.
But, something just happened to me.
Now everything in the past
has become ordinary and forgotten.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1491, page 59.
The one who is not harmed by poison
drinks poison like wine, O cupbearer.
When existence disappears, Absence comes.
The person who is saved from the self
drinks wine in the sea of abundance, cup after cup.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1484, page 55.
When you fall in Love and become crazy-insane,
you will be tied to the chain of saints.
Today, you are deprived of that chain,
because you are immersed in life and sober.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1479, page 53.
You sang melodies with the Love of Eternity
and became ignorant and stunned by the confusion of Love.
You saved yourself from sorrows
by dying before your death.
You talked so much about His grief
that you became Him after all.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1468, page 47.
I asked, “O beautiful One, where is Your house?”
He answered, “In your broken, ruined heart.
I am the Sun which shines into ruins.
O Love’s drunk, destroy your heart.
Then, it will become My palace.”
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1461, page 44.
If I had known my own value,
I would not have fooled around with this dirty world.
I would have emptied myself from self and ascended quickly.
I would have raised my head above the ninth level of the sky
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1456, page 41.
In Essence, Your soul and mine are the same.
My soul and Yours are together as one.
Just for the sake of public understanding do I say,
“My soul, Your soul.”
In fact, there is no “you” or “I” between us.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1447, page 37.