The Tiniest Fish in God’s Ocean (1/19/2025)

The Tiniest Fish in God’s Ocean (1/19.2025)

At the boundary of our comprehension,

these skies, galaxies and innumerable stars

are only a worthless staff in God’s powerful hand.

Every particle, every drop appears and disappears

like a dolphin, a seal, a whale.

Even if a particle were to appear as big as a whale,

it would still be the tiniest of fish in God’s ocean.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1236, page 164. 

From the Heart (1/5/2025)

From the Heart (1/5/2025)

This clay body of mine is the glass for the heart.

My best thought is merely the raw wine of the heart.

A tiny grain of knowledge is nothing but a trap for the heart.

I am saying these words, but they come from the heart.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1235, page 164.

That Candle of the Heart is Searching (12/22/2024)

That Candle of the Heart is Searching (12/22/2024)

Cheers and screams of lovers are coming,

thanks to that candle of joy.

But, how strange!

That candle was already lit when it was brought in,

yet there are no moths even near it.

Here is a candle better than any day and night.

O soul, hurry up.

That candle of the heart is searching for a soul.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1233, page 163.

Your Real Friend (12/8/2024)

Your Real Friend (12/8/2024)

The one who cuts through your neck

is the one who suffers your sorrow.

The one who crowns you

is the one who deceives you and robs you of your modesty.

The one who loads you with goods

is the one who burdens you.

Your real Friend is the one who takes you away from You.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1227, page 160.

Peace, Kindness and Abundance (11/24/2024)

Peace, Kindness and Abundance (11/24/2024)

You are in the place of sorrow, struggle and cruelty.

When you plunge into us and annihilate yourself,

you will have peace, kindness and abundance.

If you remain true, everything we have will be yours.

If not, still, we will accept your wrongs as being right.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1211, page 152.

The Image of the Beloved (11/10/2024)

The Image of the Beloved (11/10/2024)

Tonight is the night

when secrets are revealed, clean and lucid.

The secrets in my heart

are nothing but the image of the Beloved.

O night, don’t pass quickly.

I have a lot of work to do.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1206, page 149.

Despite My Yelling (10/27/2024)

Despite My Yelling (10/27/2024)

He kept me burning despite my yelling and crying out to Him.

When I kept silent, He burned me like the silent ones.

He drove me beyond all boundaries,

brought me back to the center, then set me on fire again.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1202, page 147.

Neither Form Nor Direction (10/13/2024)

Neither Form Nor Direction (10/13/2024)

We inherited a boat from Noah as the prize of deliverance.

It sails through storms on the sea of life.

Thoughts, images, sorrows and pleasures

are the plants which grow from this sea.

Like the heart, they have neither form nor direction.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1200, page 146. 

Break the Seal. Free Love (9/29/2024)

Break the Seal. Free Love. (9/29/2024)

That divine gift, the Water of Life,

is invisible, concealed in this clay body.

The self has put a seal on your heart,

and Love stays imprisoned there.

Break the seal. Free Love. What are you afraid of?

There is a secret path in your heart.

Follow that path to find the Beloved.

The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1197, page 145.