Why Do You Worry? (5/31/2020) Since you are My drunk, O My soul, don’t worry about the troubles you have. Since you are My gazelle, O My soul, don’t worry about the male lion. Why do you think about days and months, O My moon-faced one, as long as More...
Being in God’s Vicinity (5/24/2020) This solitude is better than the company of thousands. This freedom is sweeter than owning the whole world. Being in God’s vicinity for even a short time is worth more than the soul, more than the universe, more than all of this, more than all More...
Yet, We Still Keep Struggling (5/17/2020) O beauty, you are a beautiful charmer. Give up acting with such poor appearance, such poor behavior. If you are content, luck will be a slave and servant for us. Because of greed, even ones who are close to you look strange. If More...
Your Scent (5/10/2020)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
Your Scent (5/10/2020) Once I got a tiny whiff of Your scent, I was forced to go Your way. My color and scent were stolen by Yours. I was annihilated in the end, so nothing was left of me, not even a scent. No scent. Nothing. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #3, More...
Who Is It? (5/3/2020)
Category: Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry
Who Is It? (5/3/2020) Who is it that gives taste and charm to color and shape? When He hides, form becomes like a child of the devil. When He reflects on shape, the world turns upside down with Love. But, when He is concealed, sorrow lands and joy can More...
How Could Such Qualities Be Mixed? (4/26/2020) A human is made by mixing opposite materials. His shape is drawn on the table of sorrow. His clay is carved by grief. Sometimes he is an angel, sometimes a devil. How could such qualities be mixed? Rubailer (2016), Rubai 242, page 168, #3. More...
The Joy of Troubles (4/19/2020) I will be sad if You give me less grief. If You pour sorrow and troubles over my head, I will be embraced by the joy of troubles. Your grief won’t let me grieve. Your air won’t let me become wet soil and turn More...
This is the Day of Joy (4/12/2020) This is the day of joy. Why should we be sad? Today, we should drink wine from the cup of loyalty. How long will we expect our sustenance to be from a bread-maker, a water-carrier? This is the time to be eating and More...
If I Miss this Opportunity Now (4/5/2020) My heart appreciates Beauty. Why should I run away from the Beloved? The dagger in my hand is a good one. Why should I turn my face away from battle? I am such a board that the carpenter has much to do More...
Bitter Grapes O my soul, they found a way to make sugar out of sugarcane. They learned how to weave silk from the matter of mulberry leaves. Be patient. Bitter grapes become halva with time. *halva Sweetmeats. Rubailer (2016), Rubai #2, page 157. More...