Weekly Poems

Hundreds of Jars of Wine (9/23/18) Your Love has made me drunk. I am so drunk and out of myself that I keep clapping my hands. How could I possibly know what I am doing?   I was a sour grape, but became a ripe one. How can I present More...

The Sweetness of Eternity (9/16/18) There is nothing remaining in my ears except Love’s murmur. There is nothing remaining in my soul–no reason, no thought– only the sweetness of Eternity. The colorless brush of Love has mixed all colors. Now, it can’t even remember its past. Rubailer (2016), Page 184, Rubai #4 More...

God’s Halter (9/9/18) A small fox stealthily grabbed the fat tail of a lion and ran. I wonder. Was the lion sleeping? Surely that blind, lame fox couldn’t have saved his own life if the lion had been awake!   That lion knew it and knowingly gave the fox a More...

Only a Fool Says… (9/2/18) 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...

Leave Him Alone. Let Him Go. (8/26/18) I yelled, “Where is that drunk heart going?” The Sultan of sultans said, “Be silent. He is coming to our side.”   I said, “You are with me. You breathe inside of me. Yet, where on the outside is my bewildered heart going?” More...

The Secret of This World (8/19/18) Last night, I secretly asked an old wise mind, “Open to me the secret of this world.” He lowered his voice and whispered in my ear, “Be silent. It cannot be said. It can be understood only by the heart.” Rubailer (2016), Page 270, Rubai #3 More...

A New Life Altogether (8/12/18) O one who has flown out from this narrow cage, O one who has gone to the heights of the sky,   From now on, you are starting a new life altogether. What is this aimless life?   Life has passed through with the desire More...

Satisfaction is for the Ordinary (8/5/18) Only a satiated one says, “The time is getting late.” Satisfaction is for the ordinary. Day or night makes no difference to the brave one. Wolf, sheep, goat — all are the same for a lion. Rubailer (2016), Page 36, Rubai #3.   More...

Submerged in the Heart (7/29/18) Is there anyone who is not involved in my daily work? Who is the one who hasn’t given his soul to the Beloved’s way?   Is there any head like mine which doesn’t become drunk? Is there any heart like mine which doesn’t cry, moan More...

The Untied Knot (7/22/18) The one who ties the untied knot again is laughing at himself as well as the world. They talk about union and separation. But, one cannot be united until he is separated. Rubailer (2016), Page 246, Rubai #3 More...