If I Had Known (7/23/2023) If I had known my own value, I would not have fooled around with this dirty world. I would have emptied myself from self and ascended quickly. I would have raised my head above the ninth level of the sky. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page More...
Tell Us (7/16/2023) O one whose heart is full of words, yet remains silent, Read the chapter, Hel Eta, in the Quran.* Read the epigram, La Feta.** Put on the tent of soul at the top of the sky. Raise the waves from the sea of the heart. Tear More...
You are Smiling at My Words (7/9/2023) If hundreds of long days were joined together as one very long day, my soul would not complain about it. On the contrary, it would be content. It would stand still and cry from the pain of Love. You are smiling at my More...
No One Knows (7/2/2023) All the Universe is burned by the fire of sorrow, but sorrow’s fire is not apparent. Who has ever seen the shape of this fire? No one. The power of His amber is pulling me everywhere. I wonder. Has anyone ever seen the One who More...
Man’s Heart is Like a Candle (6/25/2023) Man’s heart is like a candle; It should be lit and allowed to shine. There is a void in your soul because of the separation from the Beloved. That void needs repair. Know, O ignorant one who knows none of what makes or breaks a More...
Stubbornly Insistent (6/18/2023) I have this burning desire to reach You, to meet You. That desire is making me stubbornly insistent. In order to reach Your fervor, I offer this unfaithful soul. You cheer my heart with Your kind touch. This is one of Your thousands of favors. What More...
Why Don’t You…? (6/11/2023) The Beloved said to me, “Since you are buying kisses from every beauty, why don’t you buy one from Me?” I asked, “With gold?” “No,” He said. “What can I do with gold?” So I tried again, “With my life?” “Yes, yes,” He said. “That’s what More...
This Situation is Bad (6/4/2023) This stone will be split open if it desires Union with You. If my soul feels Your Joy, it will grow wings and fly to the sky. Now, the fire melts and becomes water. Reason loses its balance and falls. Patience tears its More...
How Could I? (5/28/2023) You are in my eyes. If this were not so, how could I see You? You are in my mind. If this were not so, how could I be an insane lover? There is a wondrous place, although I don’t know where it is. But, if More...
From the Sun of Soul (5/21/2023) What is it that is attracting me to Him in every breath? It is not ambergris. It is not musk. It is His fragrance, His fragrance. There is a priceless chain, an enemy of repentance which made me break my vow. But, who More...