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Category: quatrain (rubai)

That Makes the Garden Smile (12/31/17)

Posted on December 31, 2017December 29, 2017 by Millicent
That Makes the Garden Smile (1/31/17)

We are in a season that is as auspicious as the Beloved’s Union.

The candle of the soul wakes up when the body dies.

When lightning strikes, the clouds start crying.

That makes the garden smile.

Rubailer, Page 389, Rubai #4

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Ecstasy, Patience, Resurrection, Suffering, Thanks, Union Leave a comment

The Joy Among Joys (12/17/17)

Posted on December 17, 2017December 16, 2017 by Millicent
The Joy Among Joys (12/17/17)

O head, you are the reason among reasons.

O flesh, you are the stranger among strangers.

O heart, you are the desire among desires.

O soul, you are the joy among joys.

Rubailer, Page 417, Rubai #3

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Body, Heart, Mind(Reason), Soul Leave a comment

The Tree of Contentment (12/3/17)

Posted on December 3, 2017December 1, 2017 by Millicent
The Tree of Contentment (12/3/17)

The one who sees You with his heart becomes ecstatic.

The ones who are lost in thought are blind.

Hundreds of branches scatter roses and flowers to you from the Land of Absence.

Why did you cut down the tree of contentment?

Rubailer, Page 389, Rubai #2

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Heart, Humanity, Mind(Reason) Leave a comment

Only a Madman… (11/19/17)

Posted on November 19, 2017November 17, 2017 by Millicent
Only a Madman… (11/19/17)

I said, “O Beloved, You are wine. I am the glass.

I am a dead body, You are my soul.

Come. Open, unlock the door of Your Kindness.”

He answered, “Be silent. Only a madman keeps his door open all the time.”

Rubailer, Page 390, Rubai #4

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Beloved, Body, Divine_Wine, Soul Leave a comment

Ask me… (11/5/17)

Posted on November 5, 2017November 4, 2017 by Millicent
Ask Me… (11/5/17)

Ask me about the essence of insanity on the way of Love.

Ask me about the soul that is gone and lost, about the mind turned upside down.

Ask me about the days filled with hundreds of events.

Ask me about the deserts burned by the fire of blood.

Rubailer, Page 388, Rubai #1

 

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Insanity of Love, Mind(Reason), Soul, Suffering Leave a comment

That Pure Clean Mirror (10/22/17)

Posted on October 22, 2017October 20, 2017 by Millicent
That Pure Clean Mirror (10-22-17)

Come to your senses, O body made of clay. Don’t talk about the Earth.

Don’t talk about anything but that pure, clean mirror.

The One who created it left His attribute in your heart.

Don’t talk about anything but that attribute.

Rubailer, Page 375, Rubai #2

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Existence, God, Language_of_the_Mute, Love Leave a comment

My Palace (10/8/17)

Posted on October 8, 2017October 7, 2017 by Millicent
My Palace (10/8/17)

I asked, “O shining Beauty, where is Your house?”

He answered, “In your broken heart.

I am the sun, shining into the ruins.

O Love’s drunk, destroy your heart.

Then, it will become My palace.”

Rubailer, Page 373, Rubai #1

 

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Annihilation, Love, Resurrection, Suffering Leave a comment

Your Qibla (9/24/17)

Posted on September 24, 2017September 22, 2017 by Millicent
Your Qibla (9/24/17)

Even if sugar envies your sweet smile,

Even if sultans are your slaves and servants,

if you make this rotten world your Qibla,*

you are dead, and people are licking your corpse.

*Qibla Direction of prayer.

Rubailer, Page 371, Rubai #4

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Death, Existence, Prayer Leave a comment

For All Troubles (9/10/17)

Posted on September 10, 2017September 9, 2017 by Millicent
For All Troubles (9/10/17)

For all troubles, there are remedies in Love.

Love is a cloud which carries a hundred thousand lightnings.

An ocean is formed by the Grace of Love inside of me,

and the whole Universe is drowned into it.

Rubailer, Page 370, Rubai #4

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Love, Suffering Leave a comment

If You Forget These Words (8/27/17)

Posted on August 27, 2017August 26, 2017 by Millicent
If You Forget These Words (8/27/17)

O heart, if you are aware of the words

“God is with you wherever you are,”

why do you get so confused?

If you forget these words,

you are attributing a partner to God.

Rubailer, Page 364, Rubai #1

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Dualistic Perception, God Leave a comment
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