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.

The Time of Union Has Come (10/6/2024)

The Time of Union Has Come (10/6/2024)

Assume I am a thorn, a bad one.

But, the thorn and rose go together.

When a jeweler weighs gold,

he puts barley as a weight on the other side of the scale. Continue reading “The Time of Union Has Come (10/6/2024)”