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...
His Drunk Camel (4/23/2023) The Beloved is holding my harness, pulling me like a camel again. His business is to pull the one who chooses to be pulled. Mine is to carry the load. He made me the head of the caravan, putting all of the drunk camels in More...
Is There a Remedy…? (4/16/2023) Is there a remedy for this pain? Will I ever escape from my longing for You? You said, “Plant the sapling of patience in your heart. Do not lament and complain about being seized by the torment of Love.” Rubailer (2016), Rubai 2, page 260. More...
When Love Rattles Its Chain (4/8/2023) When it comes to reaching the heart of the Beloved, there is no room for patience. Don’t talk about patience. When Love rattles its chain, the minds of Plato and Abul Hasan* become befuddled. I swear by the Soul of Love that More...