His image in your heart offers endless favors,
just so you won’t look anywhere else. Continue reading “Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026)”
Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026)
Reading Rumi
Don’t Leave Me (8/9/2026)
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.
Once You Reach the Beloved (8/2/2026)
A heart-catching smell has come from the sky,
saving every tired, broken-hearted prey from the trap of the flesh. Continue reading “Once You Reach the Beloved (8/2/2026)”
Ordinary and Forgotten (7/26/2026)
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.
Saved from the Sword of Death (7/19/2026)
Sounds are coming from the sky every moment, but no one hears them
except the Ones who are in a state of ecstasy.
O one who bends his head down like a donkey,
drink less of this water, eat less of this grass.
For one moment, lift your head up. Maybe you will see a sign or bit of proof. Continue reading “Saved from the Sword of Death (7/19/2026)”
In the Sea of Abundance (7/12/2026)
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.
That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026)
O One who rides the horse of eternity and is leaving this temporary monastery,
You know Your way.
You’re going to that place You know so well. Continue reading “That Place You Know So Well (7/5/2026)”
Chain of Saints (6/28/2026)
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.
Maybe You Will Get to Know Us (6/21/2026)
O friend, if you do good to others, you will better yourself a hundred times over.
Even if you turn your face the other way,
maybe you will get to know Us. Continue reading “Maybe You Will Get to Know Us (6/21/2026)”
You Became Him After All (6/14/2026)
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.