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...
Become Divine Light (5/14/2023) You will be purified from bad habits by fasting. You will follow the ascent of the attained ones to the sky by fasting. You will be burned like a candle by the fire of fasting. Become divine light. The darkness of a bite makes you a More...
Love is Only for the Small (5/7/2023) O moon-faced One, how long will you stay away? How long will you be wandering around? It doesn’t matter if one is an idol or shaman; we are all Your prey. Every moment, You offer a different excuse, Every moment, You display thousands More...
“You” (4/30/2023)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry, Weekly Poems
“You” (4/30/2023) If all I have made are mistakes and You are my only right, that is enough for me. You are the only meaning of my ruined, wrecked life. At the time of my leaving this world, if they ask me, “What did you do?” I will answer, “You.” More...