O Beloved, I am so close to You in Love,
so close that wherever You step, I become the ground there.
Is it proper on the path of Love
for me to see the universe through You, but never see You?
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3, rubai 1164, page 128.
When my Essence turns into a sea of infinity,
the faces of my particles shine.
I burn like a candle on the way of Love
so that all moments can become one moment for me.
Rubailer (2026), Rubai 1, page 31
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Volume 3 Rubai 1153, page 123.
You have said so many times,
“I have given up words. I prefer silence.”
Yet, you turn around words,
so much so that you have turned into talk.
You sail with word’s ship on the sea of thought,
that sea which you have not yet renounced
and which word’s ship never will.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 454.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations, Rubai 1145, Volume 3.
Poor heart, you are the mirror of everything.
God has favored you with beautiful attributes,
and you act like you don’t even see them.
Such rebellion can give you nothing but headaches.
O mirror which has accepted good as bad as it reflects on you,
you don’t even know what is reflected.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 447.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pubsummer2024), Rubai 1133, Volume 3.
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.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 444.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pubJuly2024), Rubai 1130, Volume 3.
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), Rubai 1119, Volume 3.
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.
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 427.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub.2024), Rubai 1117, Volume 3.
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.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (ApprxPub2024), Volume 3, Rubai 1115.
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 1, page 434.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (pub.summer 2024), Volume 3, Rubai 1104.
Today is the day of celebration,
celebration day, celebration day, celebration day!
Today is the day of glory,
bright day, bright day, bright day!
This Love is being revealed, revealed, revealed!
Today is the day Love is saying goodbye to reason.
Goodbye reason! Goodbye! Goodbye!
Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 277.
The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pubspring2024), Rubai 1364, Volume 3.