If You Really Want to Know (5/22/2022) If you really want to know the essence of insanity on the way of Love, ask me. If you really want to know about a life lost, a mind turned upside down, ask me. If you really want to know about days filled
The Secrets of Our Heart (5/15/2022) One cannot reflect our fire, nor can one articulate the secrets of our heart. Our early morning sighs are not confidants with whom we share our troubles, nor is a friendly soul even to be found to hear those sighs. We are
Do Not Bother with the Foam (5/8/2022) When every day infamy spreads over an entire age, the one who becomes famous is not a courageous man. If you are looking for a pearl, dive deep into the ocean. Do not bother with the foam on the shore. Rubailer (2016), rubai
O cupbearer, take some of the weight off of the drunks. It’s hard to see anyone of value who isn’t being crushed by troubles and worries. O rose-faced, cypress-statured Beauty, come to the rose garden. You won’t find anything which gives better shade than the cypress. There weren’t
You Used to Live in the Sky (4/24/2022) You used to live in the sky, used to think you belonged to that world, pure and clean. Then, you drew your picture on the Earth, got stuck in this dirty place and forgot your origin. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 398.
My Gift to You (4/17/2022) Our heart and Love have both come from behind hundreds of curtains, They sit together, naked. If the Archangel Gabriel were to get in between them, still, no mercy could be found in their fires. They are in union every moment. But, at
Why Are We So Conceited? (4/10/2022) We are toys of God’s omnipotence. He has all the wealth and power. We are just poor, helpless creatures. Why are we so conceited? We are all fellow servants of His palace Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 403. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin
A Slave of Troubles (3/27/2022) You were our playmate. What has happened to you? This is the assembly of souls. Why are you silenced and petrified? Before, you were like the iris or cypress, free from sorrows. Now, after becoming rich and famous, you are a slave of troubles. Rubailer
So Sweet (3/20/2022) You appear every day from that place and carry water to the thirsty ones. Every morning You offer light to the Earth. You are the Soul to the soul of the Sun. On the day that that light, that brightness doesn’t arrive, two eyes will
Try to See the Honey (3/13/2022) Don’t look at me as if I am a stranger. I am close to you. Try to see the honey and not just the bees. Unless you are Satan, look for the meaning of Adam. Don’t bother with his shape and size. Rubailer (2016),
Generous and Merciful (3/6/2022) I pulled you out of the fire of lust, brought you here, then threw you back into that fire, scattering you there. You were born from My heart like these words. Yet, you run, trying to escape. And, you reproach me. You are with Me, but
Concealed (2/27/2022) Know that the Beloved is concealed from everyone. The Beloved cannot be conceived by even the strongest imagination. Yet, He shines like a moon in my heart and mixes with my body like a soul. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 374. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations
Where Are You? (2/20/2022) Where are you, O God’s martyrs, O ones who looked for trouble in the Karbala* desert? Where are you, O impatient lovers, O ones who fly faster than the birds in the sky? Where are you, O sultans of the sky, O ones who
In Love with Love (2/13/2022) I am in love with Love. Love is always with me. My body is in love with my soul. My soul is always with my body. Sometimes I hug Love with my arms. Sometimes Love hugs me. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 374. The Rubaiyat
Come (2/6/2022) Come. The door to exit the six dimensions is being opened. A dust has risen from the bottom of that sea. Come. Every head, every mind has been filled with the fragrance of the union of a soul and the One who gives souls. Come. Every ear,
Choose the Trouble of Love (1/30/2022) Choose the trouble of Love over all other troubles. I don’t know any better way to reach the Beloved. Don’t worry if you don’t have wealth and possessions. Worry if you don’t have troubles. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 366. The Rubaiyat of Rumi,
Even If You Can’t See It (1/23/2022) The one to whom the secret of Love appears loses his being, becomes annihilated in the Beloved. Light a candle and put it in the sunshine. Look how it becomes engulfed by sunlight. The candle’s light is there, but, at the
This is the Time of War (1/16/2022) Put on your arms. This is the time of war, O soul. It is getting late. Don’t hesitate. This world is nothing but a colorful show. Give it up, O soul. There is a cat and mouse fight on every corner, O soul.
Reach Peace (1/9/2022) It is vain for you to try to separate my Beloved from me. I have become Him. What can you do to Him? Tell me. You cannot see even a hair between us. Nor can you see either of us being ashamed. Even if a
I Lost My Self (1/2/2022) There is a place where neither I nor space exists. I ran there following my heart to find my soul. Then, I lost my self and time. Now for me, neither this nor that remains. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 359. The Rubaiyat of Rumi,
I saw Absence in my dream last night. I was amazed by His beauty. I became bewildered. I was out of my self until early dawn because of the Beauty, maturity and kindness of Absence. I compared Absence to a ruby mine. I dressed in a satin of
Burn That Thing (12/19/2021) O my Beloved, accept me. Take my soul. Let me pass through both worlds. If I settle down with anything other than You, throw me into the fire and burn that thing. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 353. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.
No Peer (12/12/2021) Never mind all of this. How can You be with us? You are completely soul. You don’t fit in time and space. You have gone a hundred years beyond time and space. You are in the waves of greatness. You have cut the neck of
Like Roses…Like Gold Mines (12/5/2021) My soul is in the heart of the people who remain always soul. They are like roses, knowing nothing but kindness. Everyone has some content. We are like chips of gold. They are like gold mines. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 358. The Rubaiyat of
A Sign of Ungratefulness (11/28/2021) There is a sea which is not far from us. It is unseen, but it is not hidden. It is forbidden to talk about. Yet, at the same time, it is a sin and a sign of ungratefulness not to. Divan-i Kebir, Volume 1, ghazal
Not Even a Small Part of This Comes from the Sky (11/21/2021) Is there a lip from which the smell of soul isn’t coming right now? Is there a particle of the heart in which a trace of Him doesn’t reside? If there are no provisions coming from that
Crying and Wailing (11/14/2021) O One who kneaded my hands and feet from mud and gave senses and mind to my body, O Moon, enlighten my eyes and heart. Take me into Your arms. My soul, which chews Your sugar, is crying and wailing for You. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3,
Celebration, Joy and Pleasure (11/7/2021) Come, O Sufis. Come today. Yes, there is celebration, joy and pleasure today. Come. The door to exit these six dimensions is being opened. A dust has risen from the bottom of the sea. Come. Every head, every mind is being filled with
The Sun Rose (10/31/2021) When the enemy heard about the Sun of Absence, he made plans to cut it down. That Sun rose, sat and watched. The enemy looked everywhere, but could not see Him. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 351. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Rubai 757,
It Brings Guilt (10/24/2021) Your greatness cannot be contained in souls. You are beyond comprehension and imagination. My mind doesn’t understand without You. My hand doesn’t reach anywhere if You are not in my arms and wings. It is a big favor to grant our wishes. In fact,