Weekly Poems

Our Being Comes from Your Being (10/11/2026) O lovers, lovers, the time for Union has come. A voice is heard from the sky, saying, “O Moon-faced ones, get ready.”   O drunks, drunks, joy and pleasure come by holding onto His skirt. He has held our chains. We have grabbed More...

A Secret in Our Hearts There is a secret in our hearts which keeps turning. It is the reason for the movement of every creature. Even this whirling sky depends on it. This secret doesn’t distinguish head from feet. It keeps turning without head or feet. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, More...

Like Sad Lovers Crying (9/27/2026) O rainy season, like sad lovers crying because of the absence of our beloved ones, pour your rain on our friends. O eyes of the clouds, you pour your tears out by the cupful, all because you see our Beauties, the Ones with faces like More...

Inside of You (9/20/2026) O pure and beautiful people who keep searching all over the world, what are you searching for? The Beauty you seek is inside of you. That is the only place you will ever find that Beloved. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai More...

Don’t Think It is All Just Play (9/13/2026) A wayward, amiable friend had became insane. His cup had fallen from the roof. His secret had became known. Here, look: Once he was sent to the lunatic asylum.   He was looking for water like a thirsty one by turning around More...

Wake Up! (9/6/2026) O humans who are better than the Moon and moonlight, you have been created from water and mud, but you are better than that! Why are you stuck in the mud? O drunks of the tavern, you are submerged in a whirlpool. Why do you sleep day More...

His Light Shines inside of this Storm (8/30/2026) I told the Beloved yesterday, “O, peerless Beauty, even the moon in the sky has become jealous of You and has folded in two.”   You were beautiful. Now, Your Beauty has increased a hundred fold. You were the doorkeeper. Now, You’ve More...

Are You Remembering? (8/23/2026) O sultan, are you remembering the throne? Are you remembering the Sultan of sultans? O imperial tent, your flaps have been dancing. Are you remembering that the wind can change you from one form to another? The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai More...

Grow Your Wings (8/16/2026) His image in your heart offers endless favors, just so you won’t look anywhere else.   But, if you step outside of this six-doored chapel, you’ll meet the One whose fate is clean. You’ll reach His ecstasy.   Don’t look for six directions, six doors. You More...

Don’t Leave Me (8/9/2026) O gentle hearts who are sowing the seeds of loyalty and scattering pearls of joy on black soil, wherever you are, you know my situation. Please, don’t leave me in the land of separation! The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 4, rubai 1493, page More...