The Mirror (6/23/2024)

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.

Before You are Cooked (5/26/2024)

Before You are Cooked (5/26/2024)

Before you are cooked in the flames of your heart,

you are nothing but wet kindling.

Unless you tear up the body’s cloak,

the flames of Love cannot be your mentor.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 439.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pub.2024), Rubai 1119, Volume 3.

Today! (3/31/2024)

Today! (3/31/2024)

Today is the day of celebration,

celebration day, celebration day, celebration day!

Today is the day of glory,

bright day, bright day, bright day!

This Love is being revealed, revealed, revealed!

Today is the day Love is saying goodbye to reason.

Goodbye reason! Goodbye! Goodbye!

Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 277.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pubspring2024), Rubai 1364, Volume 3.

The King is Leading You (2/18/2024)

The King is Leading You (2/18/2024)

O one who searches for an escape route,

do you think you control life?

The King is leading you.

Don’t try to make yourself more important than the King.

He is the One who turns the poor one into the King of kings

Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 424.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprxpub2024), Rubai 1087, Volume 3.

On the Way to the Beloved’s Love (1/21/2024)

On the Way to the Beloved’s Love (1/21/2024)

You won’t taste ecstasy as long as you are sober.

You won’t know the soul if you stay in your body.

You will never reach the Truth

if you are not annihilated

like fire and water mixed together

on the way to the Beloved’s Love.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 450.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (ApprxPubSpring2024), Rubai 1083, Volume 3.

If I were to become Him (1/7/2024)

If I were to become Him (1/7/2024)

I am not Me.

And, if I were to become Me for even a moment,

I would crush this world to pieces.

If I were to merge with the One who took my heart,

if I were to become Him,

like a tree, I would uproot myself from this world.

Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 486.

The Rubailer of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub.spring2024) Volume 3, Rubai 1081.

In Every Prayer Niche and Alter (12/24/2023)

In Every Prayer Niche and Alter (12/24/2023)

There is a spark and warmth from Your Love

in everyone’s heart.

Your trace, the tears of Your longing

are in every prayer niche and alter.

I need a long night and beautiful moonlight to tell You

about all my troubles and sufferings caused by Love.

Rubailar (2016), Rubai 3, page 432.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pubsummer2024), Rubai 1084, Volume 3.