You would never consider praising or loving Yourself.
But, You are so beautiful.
If You were to show Yourself,
both worlds would start fighting each other. Continue reading “Because of You (8/11/2024)”
Because of You (8/11/2024)
Tag: Suffering
The Music is Inside of You (7/14/2024)
The Beloved pulled my ear and said,
“You are Ours tonight.”
Yes, O Beautiful One,
but appear to me. Where are You? Continue reading “The Music is Inside of You (7/14/2024)”
Pure Gold (6/30/2024)
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)”
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.
All Upside Down (5/12/2024)
O cloud, you are from the universe of the suns.
The thing you do now is all upside down.
Know well that by covering our world in darkness,
you are oppressing us.
It is for mortals like us to cry.
Instead, you are crying for us.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 427.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub.2024), Rubai 1117, Volume 3.
Why Don’t You Want to Come Out? (4/28/2024)
O eye, don’t become ruined by weeping.
O heart, don’t spill more blood because of this business.
O soul, you have reached a door in this dungeon of flesh.
Why don’t you want to come out?
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 435.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (ApprxPub2024), Volume 3, Rubai 1115.
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.
My Heart (3/10/2024)
My life has passed in the great sweet pain of my heart.
My heart isn’t concerned about that sorrow;
it simply recognizes and accepts it. Continue reading “My Heart (3/10/2024)”
I am the One to be Blamed (2/25/2024)
I felt the enemy’s nonsensical talk
down deep in my heart.
I learned what he was thinking about me. Continue reading “I am the One to be Blamed (2/25/2024)”