Enough! (6/12/2022)
Category: Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry
Enough! (6/12/2022) Man makes plans and takes appropriate measures, but he doesn’t know his fate. Once God enters the scene, all his plans and measures disappear. Man thinks, but his sight is limited. He uses all his cunning, but he is far from being Godly. If he is More...
The Wings of Love (6/5/2022) When Love came into my heart, it couldn’t withstand Love’s fire. My heart was totally annihilated. It lost the power of its own bird-like wings and flew away on the wings of Love. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 409. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin More...
Pay Attention (5/29/2022) Even if your heart becomes tired and frustrated, there is no way to get out of this journey. Relax. Don’t shake your head from left to right. Get going. Quit being lazy. Otherwise, they will drag you along. There is a guard on every corner. More...
If You Really Want to Know (5/22/2022) If you really want to know the essence of insanity on the way of Love, ask me. If you really want to know about a life lost, a mind turned upside down, ask me. If you really want to know about days filled More...
The Secrets of Our Heart (5/15/2022) One cannot reflect our fire, nor can one articulate the secrets of our heart. Our early morning sighs are not confidants with whom we share our troubles, nor is a friendly soul even to be found to hear those sighs. We are More...
Do Not Bother with the Foam (5/8/2022) When every day infamy spreads over an entire age, the one who becomes famous is not a courageous man. If you are looking for a pearl, dive deep into the ocean. Do not bother with the foam on the shore. Rubailer (2016), rubai More...
Like the Sun (5/1/2022
Category: Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry
O cupbearer, take some of the weight off of the drunks. It’s hard to see anyone of value who isn’t being crushed by troubles and worries. O rose-faced, cypress-statured Beauty, come to the rose garden. You won’t find anything which gives better shade than the cypress. There weren’t More...
You Used to Live in the Sky (4/24/2022) You used to live in the sky, used to think you belonged to that world, pure and clean. Then, you drew your picture on the Earth, got stuck in this dirty place and forgot your origin. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 398. More...
My Gift to You (4/17/2022) Our heart and Love have both come from behind hundreds of curtains, They sit together, naked. If the Archangel Gabriel were to get in between them, still, no mercy could be found in their fires. They are in union every moment. But, at More...
Why Are We So Conceited? (4/10/2022) We are toys of God’s omnipotence. He has all the wealth and power. We are just poor, helpless creatures. Why are we so conceited? We are all fellow servants of His palace Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 403. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin More...