Isn’t That True or False? (6/16/2024) At the time of evening prayers, everyone lights their candle and sets their table. Yet, I put the Beloved’s image in front of me. I cry and yell with sorrow and longing. Since I do my ablution with tears, my prayers become fiery. More...
When You Become a Friend… (6/9/2024) When you become a friend of One whose heart is in God, know that, just like your fate, your soul will fall into Love’s fire. Don’t worry. Don’t run away. Know well that from then on, it will be impossible to contain you anywhere. More...
Hiding (6/2/2024)
Category: Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry, Weekly Poems
Hiding (6/2/2024) Who are You that You envelope all of the world in my heart? You are the epigram of the world. I wonder which epigram is Your favorite! Who are You? Who am I? What is Your name? What is my name? What kind of seed are You? More...
Before You are Cooked (5/26/2024) Before you are cooked in the flames of your heart, you are nothing but wet kindling. Unless you tear up the body’s cloak, the flames of Love cannot be your mentor. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 439. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pub.2024), More...
The Land of Truth (5/19/2024) Hey, night guard, what kind of guard are you anyway? A thief stole all of our belongings last night. Slap cold water on your face. Yell and scream. Our gains became a loss because of your sleep. At night, the sleep of the night More...
All Upside Down (5/12/2024) O cloud, you are from the universe of the suns. The thing you do now is all upside down. Know well that by covering our world in darkness, you are oppressing us. It is for mortals like us to cry. Instead, you are crying for us. More...
I Have a Question (5/5/2024) What is life without Him? A crucifixion, a passing desire. What is the value of soul in front of Him? A slave and servant, an unimportant thing. If fortune sets His throne in someone’s heart, how lucky is that heart?. If He drinks the More...
Why Don’t You Want to Come Out? (4/28/2024) O eye, don’t become ruined by weeping. O heart, don’t spill more blood because of this business. O soul, you have reached a door in this dungeon of flesh. Why don’t you want to come out? Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 435. More...
Yells and Screams (4/21/2024) Come to our garden. Watch the spring there. Come close to the Beloved and see what kind of Beauty He is. If you can’t reach the falcon, run after its shadow. Watch the hunting in this secret hunting place. Come to the shore. Watch More...
This Burning (4/14/2024) O heart, you are under foot, always in ruins. You leave your soul to sorrow, getting so much pleasure from that sorrow. This time, you have fallen into the fire and I have left you. Maybe you will become a master through this burning. Rubailer (2016), Rubai More...