Weekly Poems

I was Amazed (10/11/2020) When I was drinking wine in Your tavern one day, I started ripping off this cloak of mine, this cloak made of clay. In Your tavern, I saw the harmony in its workings and in the workings of the Universe. There was such a balance of More...

Smile (10/4/2020) Come, O wise, intelligent man. Smile at the fool. Come, O one who knows his way. Smile at the one who is lost.   Since you have reached the Sultan who doesn’t need reason, smile at the the cause as well as the effect.   If you are More...

No Signs, No Tricks, No Traces (9/27/2020) The mind may give you what you think is evidence. Love gives you the Beloved, the Friend. What comes from the mind is dirty water. What comes from the Beloved is the Water of Life. You may ascend to the sky with all the More...

I Gave Up Yesterday (9/20/2020) O cupbearer, you are the one who satisfies my need. Serve me wine. Make me happy.   I have become so drunk that I can’t separate signs from words.   My father has pledged me to the wine barrel. My mother has tied me to More...

Such a Love (2/23/2020) Love is an ocean which has no bottom, no boundary. It is an ocean suspended. Love is the secret of the One who has no beginning of the beginning. All souls are drowned in Love.They live there. Hope is one drop of that ocean. The rest More...

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Who is the doctor of the disease which has no cure? Who is our company for this endless journey?   If this is reason, what is craziness? If this is Love, who is the Beloved?   Where is the light which illuminates the world, which is neither More...

His Question (8/30-2020) Yesterday, this slave was the moon of soul. In his search for proofs and explanations, he asked a difficult question. Although no answer came, his question just disappeared. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #1, page 205. More...

Today is a Day of Joy (8/23/2020) Come. Today is a day of celebration for us. From now on, joy and pleasure will keep growing.   Clap your hands and say, “Today is a day of joy. A beautiful day becomes apparent right at its beginning.   Who in this More...

Only a Fool Says… (8/16/2020) Union with God cannot be achieved until a person completely annihilates his self. Such a Union is not the merging of two to make one. Union is your total annihilation. Absurdity doesn’t turn falsehood into Truth. Only a fool says, “Everything is God.” Rubailer (2016), More...

“Where is His Roof?” (8/9/2020) Come, O One who gives new life to the world. Stop the workings of this smart mind.   I am like an arrow. I cannot fly unless You throw me. Come and set Your bow once more.   Thanks to Your Love, the cup has More...