When every day infamy spreads over an entire age,
the one who becomes famous is not a courageous man.
If you are looking for a pearl, dive deep into the ocean.
Do not bother with the foam on the shore.
Rubailer (2016), rubai 3, page 186.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub. 10/2022), rubai 373, volume 1.
O cupbearer, take some of the weight off of the drunks.
It’s hard to see anyone of value
who isn’t being crushed by troubles and worries.
O rose-faced, cypress-statured Beauty,
come to the rose garden.
You won’t find anything which gives better shade than the cypress. Continue reading “Like the Sun (5/1/2022”
You used to live in the sky,
used to think you belonged to that world, pure and clean.
Then, you drew your picture on the Earth,
got stuck in this dirty place and forgot your origin.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 3, page 398.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx. pub. 10/2022), Rubai 848, Volume 2.
Our heart and Love have both come
from behind hundreds of curtains,
They sit together, naked. Continue reading “My Gift to You (4/17/2022)”
We are toys of God’s omnipotence.
He has all the wealth and power.
We are just poor, helpless creatures.
Why are we so conceited?
We are all fellow servants of His palace
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 403.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub. 10/2022), Rubai 851, volume 2.
You were our playmate. What has happened to you?
This is the assembly of souls.
Why are you silenced and petrified?
Before, you were like the iris or cypress, free from sorrows.
Now, after becoming rich and famous,
you are a slave of troubles.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 399.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx. pub. 10/2022), Rubai 847, volume 2.
You appear every day from that place
and carry water to the thirsty ones.
Every morning You offer light to the Earth.
You are the Soul to the soul of the Sun. Continue reading “So Sweet (3/20/2022)”
Don’t look at me as if I am a stranger.
I am close to you.
Try to see the honey and not just the bees.
Unless you are Satan, look for the meaning of Adam.
Don’t bother with his shape and size.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 375.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx. pub. 5/2022), Rubai 826, Volume 2.
I pulled you out of the fire of lust, brought you here,
then threw you back into that fire, scattering you there.
You were born from My heart like these words.
Yet, you run, trying to escape. And, you reproach me. Continue reading “Generous and Merciful (3/6/2022)”
Know that the Beloved is concealed from everyone.
The Beloved cannot be conceived
by even the strongest imagination.
Yet, He shines like a moon in my heart
and mixes with my body like a soul.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 374.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx. pub. 5/2022), Rubai 820, volume 2.