Tag Archives: Sorrow

The Joy of Troubles (4/19/2020)

The Joy of Troubles (4/19/2020)

I will be sad if You give me less grief.

If You pour sorrow and troubles over my head,

I will be embraced by the joy of troubles. Continue reading →

The Only Way to Reach Eternity (9/22/19)

Every moment, Your kindness follows after sorrow.

If this were not so, no one could stand this suffering.

Make me constantly drunk with the wine which gives no hangover.

I don’t want any other wine. Continue reading →

All the World’s Sorrows (6/9/19)

My Beloved whose scattered hair makes everyone confused,

whose sweet ruby lips scatter sugar and honey,

that Beloved asked me, “Are you sorry about our separation?”

I answered, “O my soul, so much so that all the world’s sorrows are in that sorry.”

Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, page 33.

His Beauty (5/21/17)

I said to the heart, “When You see the Beloved,

tell Him, if you can, about my situation, my sorrow.”

The heart answered, “When I see the Beloved,

I become so absorbed by His beauty that I can’t talk. I just keep looking at Him.”

Rubailer, Page 337, Rubai #1