You are a Joseph in beauty.
Break the jar of beauty.
Use your breath like Jesus.
You are from that same air. Continue reading “Pure Gold (6/30/2024)”
Pure Gold (6/30/2024)
Tag: Love’s Fire
When You Become a Friend… (6/9/2024)
When you become a friend of One whose heart is in God,
know that, just like your fate,
your soul will fall into Love’s fire.
Don’t worry. Don’t run away.
Know well that from then on,
it will be impossible to contain you anywhere.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 444.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pubJuly2024), Rubai 1130, Volume 3.
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.
Yells and Screams (4/21/2024)
Come to our garden. Watch the spring there.
Come close to the Beloved
and see what kind of Beauty He is.
If you can’t reach the falcon, run after its shadow.
Watch the hunting in this secret hunting place. Continue reading “Yells and Screams (4/21/2024)”
This Burning (4/14/2024)
O heart, you are under foot, always in ruins.
You leave your soul to sorrow,
getting so much pleasure from that sorrow.
This time, you have fallen into the fire and I have left you.
Maybe you will become a master through this burning.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 434.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pub.summer 2024), Volume 3, Rubai 1104.
Don’t Make Me Talk with You through that Curtain (1/28/2024)
Since I am the slave of the Sun,
I should talk only about the Sun.
I am not the night and don’t worship the night.
Why should I talk about dreams? Continue reading “Don’t Make Me Talk with You through that Curtain (1/28/2024)”
Burn (12/31/2023)
Even if your Beloved is like fire, jump into that fire. Keep burning.
On the night of separation, burn like a candle. Melt.
Don’t be contrary. Make peace. Blend in friendship.
If they rip your dress,
keep sewing the dress of Union. Continue reading “Burn (12/31/2023)”
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.
What Kind of Alligator am I? (12/3/2023)
Even sand has been satiated by water,
but water cannot satiate me.
There is no bowstring
which deserves my heavy, valuable bow. Continue reading “What Kind of Alligator am I? (12/3/2023)”
Man’s Heart is Like a Candle (6/25/2023)
Man’s heart is like a candle; It should be lit and allowed to shine.
There is a void in your soul because of the separation from the Beloved.
That void needs repair.
Know, O ignorant one
who knows none of what makes or breaks a heart, who avoids pain and burning,
Love is something to be encountered, not knowledge to be learned.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 468
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub.fall2023), Rubai 1002, Volume 3.