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Tag: Fate

Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020)

Posted on May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 by Millicent
Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020)

Since you are My drunk, O My soul,

don’t worry about the troubles you have.

Since you are My gazelle, O My soul,

don’t worry about the male lion. Continue reading “Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020)” →

Posted in Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry Tagged Existence, Fate, Love, Soul, Suffering Leave a comment

Existence is a Means to Reach Absence (3/15/2020)

Posted on March 15, 2020March 14, 2020 by Millicent
Fate is a Means to Reach Absence (3/15/2020)

Fate is not a slave

to our opinions, our thinking, our petty desires.

Existence is a means to reach Absence.

Our nanny is behind the curtain.

In fact, we are not here. What you see is merely our shadow.

Rubailer (2016), Page 130, Rubai #3.

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Absence, Existence, Fate Leave a comment

This Is Fate (5/27/18)

Posted on May 27, 2018May 12, 2018 by Millicent
This Is Fate (5/27/18)

You excite this crowd every day

by erasing thousands of well-beings down below.

This is fate. It goes on as long as the wheel of fortune turns.

Please, be kind and generous to the souls of the poor.

Rubailer, Page 472, Rubai #3

Posted in quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry Tagged Existence, Fate, Humanity Leave a comment

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