Look at my business, my occupation;
I have none.
I never reach out to others;
You are the only One. Continue reading “Confide in Me (8/18/2024)”
Confide in Me (8/18/2024)
Category: Weekly Poems
Because of You (8/11/2024)
You would never consider praising or loving Yourself.
But, You are so beautiful.
If You were to show Yourself,
both worlds would start fighting each other. Continue reading “Because of You (8/11/2024)”
Is It Proper? (8/4/2024)
O Beloved, I am so close to You in Love,
so close that wherever You step, I become the ground there.
Is it proper on the path of Love
for me to see the universe through You, but never see You?
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1164, page 128.
Good News (7/28/2024)
O lovers, good news for you!
Your separation has ended.
The time for Union has come.
Now there is only God and His Divinity. Continue reading “Good News (7/28/2024)”
One Moment for Me (7/21/2024)
When my Essence turns into a sea of infinity,
the faces of my particles shine.
I burn like a candle on the way of Love
so that all moments can become one moment for me.
Rubailer (2026), Rubai 1, page 31
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3 Rubai 1153, page 123.
The Music is Inside of You (7/14/2024)
The Beloved pulled my ear and said,
“You are Ours tonight.”
Yes, O Beautiful One,
but appear to me. Where are You? Continue reading “The Music is Inside of You (7/14/2024)”
I Prefer Silence (7/7/2024)
You have said so many times,
“I have given up words. I prefer silence.”
Yet, you turn around words,
so much so that you have turned into talk.
You sail with word’s ship on the sea of thought,
that sea which you have not yet renounced
and which word’s ship never will.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 454.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Rubai 1145, Volume 3.
Pure Gold (6/30/2024)
You are a Joseph in beauty.
Break the jar of beauty.
Use your breath like Jesus.
You are from that same air. Continue reading “Pure Gold (6/30/2024)”
The Mirror (6/23/2024)
Poor heart, you are the mirror of everything.
God has favored you with beautiful attributes,
and you act like you don’t even see them.
Such rebellion can give you nothing but headaches.
O mirror which has accepted good as bad as it reflects on you,
you don’t even know what is reflected.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 447.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pubsummer2024), Rubai 1133, Volume 3.
Isn’t That True or False? (6/16/2024)
At the time of evening prayers,
everyone lights their candle and sets their table.
Yet, I put the Beloved’s image in front of me.
I cry and yell with sorrow and longing. Continue reading “Isn’t That True or False? (6/16/2024)”