Weekly Poems

Where Are You? (2/20/2022) Where are you, O God’s martyrs, O ones who looked for trouble in the Karbala* desert?   Where are you, O impatient lovers, O ones who fly faster than the birds in the sky?   Where are you, O sultans of the sky, O ones who More...

In Love with Love (2/13/2022) I am in love with Love. Love is always with me. My body is in love with my soul. My soul is always with my body. Sometimes I hug Love with my arms. Sometimes Love hugs me. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 374. The Rubaiyat More...

Come (2/6/2022) Come. The door to exit the six dimensions is being opened. A dust has risen from the bottom of that sea.   Come. Every head, every mind has been filled with the fragrance of the union of a soul and the One who gives souls.   Come. Every ear, More...

Choose the Trouble of Love (1/30/2022) Choose the trouble of Love over all other troubles. I don’t know any better way to reach the Beloved. Don’t worry if you don’t have wealth and possessions. Worry if you don’t have troubles. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 366. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, More...

Even If You Can’t See It (1/23/2022) The one to whom the secret of Love appears loses his being, becomes annihilated in the Beloved.   Light a candle and put it in the sunshine. Look how it becomes engulfed by sunlight.   The candle’s light is there, but, at the More...

This is the Time of War (1/16/2022) Put on your arms. This is the time of war, O soul. It is getting late. Don’t hesitate. This world is nothing but a colorful show. Give it up, O soul. There is a cat and mouse fight on every corner, O soul. More...

Reach Peace (1/9/2022) It is vain for you to try to separate my Beloved from me. I have become Him. What can you do to Him? Tell me.   You cannot see even a hair between us. Nor can you see either of us being ashamed.   Even if a More...

I Lost My Self (1/2/2022) There is a place where neither I nor space exists. I ran there following my heart to find my soul. Then, I lost my self and time. Now for me, neither this nor that remains. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 359. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, More...

I saw Absence in my dream last night. I was amazed by His beauty. I became bewildered.   I was out of my self until early dawn because of the Beauty, maturity and kindness of Absence.   I compared Absence to a ruby mine. I dressed in a satin of More...

Burn That Thing (12/19/2021) O my Beloved, accept me. Take my soul. Let me pass through both worlds. If I settle down with anything other than You, throw me into the fire and burn that thing. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 353. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx. More...