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. (more…)
My Gift to You (4/17/2022)
Our heart and Love have both come from behind hundreds of curtains, They sit together, naked. (more…)
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), Rubai 4, page 375. The Rubaiyat...
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. (more…)
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 (apprx. pub....
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, The Ergin Translations (approx pub. 5/22),...
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. (more…)
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. (more…)
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. pub. 5/2022), Rubai 761,...
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. (more…)
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, page 355. The Rubaiyat...
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, Volume 2.
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. (more…)
This Heart (9/26/2021)
O One who takes the hearts of lovers as hostage, don't shed the blood of lovers.Go away. Look at the traces of blood on every road. Hear the bloody yells everywhere. (more…)
This is Expected of You (9/12/2021)
The mind is a roadblock on the journey, O son. The road is wide open. Untie this bond. Tear it, O son. (more…)
This Glory (8/29/2021)
O Beloved, we are Your guest tonight. Wait! Why did we say, "tonight?" We are Yours day and night, every day and every night. (more…)
See My Generosity? (8/15/2021)
Why are you sorry if you lose your profit, your capital? Here I am. See My generosity? Don't fall into despair. If the world disappears and the sea becomes a drop of dew, who cares? If it passes out and drops to the ground, that doesn't mean it has...
Be Silent. I Will Read (6/20/2021)
If you fall in Love with me, I will make you utterly confused. Don't construct anything, because in the end, I will destroy you. (more…)
Your Only Dress can be the Light of the Heart (5/23/2021)
You are such a moon that You don't fit in the sky. You are such water that You cannot be contained in a river. You are such a pearl that You exceed the oceans. You are such a mountain that You cannot fit in any valley. (more…)
I Am Your Remedy (5/2/2021)
Endure your pain quietly. I am your remedy. Don’t look at anyone except Me, because I am your true friend. Even if I kill you, don’t say, “I have been killed.” Instead, be grateful, because I am the compensation for your life. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 307 A Rubaiyat...
That Brings Results (4/25/2021)
The parrot came to the tree to share sugar's prayer. The rose asked the nightingale to read poetry. Receiving a revelation, the tall green cypress said, "As long as your soul stays in your body, put a belt on your waist. Serve day and night. That brings results. (more…)
Glory after Glory (4/11/2021)
If He destroys hundreds like me, that causes no sorrow for Him. You fall in Love. He doesn't care. Your heart is broken. He has many others. He asks, "Why can't your eyes see the wine?" What can they do? They are always wet in front of Your sun....
When I Look (3/21/2021)
How long will I be satisfied by the shapes and appearances of time? How long will I watch and smell of existence? I am tired of the materials and creatures of the present. It is time to see that Beauty of Beauties. But, when I look at Him, I see...
Fire (3/14/2021)
The Beloved's heart is burning for me. Its flame has turned the Earth's harvest into ashes. A candle put a fire in the heart of this slave, such a candle that it has made a soul of iron and stone melt like a candle. (more…)
Into the Sea of the Beloved (3/7/2021)
Don’t think that I have run away from you or that I have given my heart to someone else. I am not tied to anyone or anything. Because I am separated from my origin, I am a stranger here. And, I am running like a torrent into the sea of...
I am the Treasure (2/28/2021)
I wasn't as insane as I am now. I wasn't out of my mind like this before. I used to be prudent and wise once, not crazy and insane like I am now. (more…)
These Uproars (1/10/2021)
We are being carried away by our desire to see the face of that Sultan. We are submerged like fish in His Love, His sea of eternal life. Dawn has broken. Morning has come. We are upset by these uproars, this untimely morning. We are begging for redress from this...
All Hearts Tremble (12/27/2020)
While the Beloved looks on from behind the curtain, the world’s face changes from one color to another. All hearts tremble. Nine levels of the sky are as confused and amazed as we are all because of His Love. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 285.
From the Breath of Love (12/13/2020)
I come slowly like water under straw and carry away the mountain as if it were a piece of straw. I drip from the gutter, drop by drop. But, like a flood, I pick up and carry away hundreds of palaces. (more…)
Come Closer So I Can Show It To You (11/29/2020)
Your soul is so close to my soul that I know whatever you think. I have even better proof than this. Come closer so I can show it to you. (more…)