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. Come to the shore. Watch More...
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 More...
When Someone Becomes Mortal (4/7/2024) O breath of spring breeze, O springtime, I understand from the flowers that you are also drunk thanks to Him. Open and look. Talk about, as I have, pureness, cleanliness and friendship. See the face of that beautiful Sultan. Now, the evidence which More...
Today! (3/31/2024)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry, Weekly Poems
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 More...
No Way to Escape (3/24/2024) Like Moses, the copper of your existence will become gold through His chemistry. So, why do you worry? Even if you don’t have a sack of gold, there is an Egypt inside of you. You are the sugar cane field there. It doesn’t matter More...
How Can You Look for the Unknown? (3/17/2024) O heart, what kind of stories, what kind of adventures are you looking for? O heart, if you are looking for Me, don’t you know that I am with you? If you haven’t seen Me, how can you look for the unknown, More...
My Heart (3/10/024) 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. I was sitting, waiting, until I came to understand what my heart wanted. Then, I started leaping with joy. My More...
How Could I Ever Forget? (3/3/2024) O One who reminded me last night, reminded me of that moment of exuberance, reminded me of the forgotten treasure! How could I ever forget such a blessing? Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 424. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub.2024), Volume 3, More...
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. His dog self bit my foot, hurting me. But, I could not bite him back like a dog. Instead, I just bit More...
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 More...