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...
O my Crescent of Eid,* show Yourself, so that Eid sees the real Eid. O my invisible moon-faced One, show Yourself. Pull the ear of the moon. O my existence, my Absence, O my rage and my contentment, O my Truth, my presentation, O my key and my lock, More...
You are on a Journey (3/26/2023) You are neither water nor earth. You are something else. You are created from mud, but you are not mud. You are beyond this muddy world. You are on the journey to your Essence. Your body is a riverbed. Your soul is the Water More...
My God, I Wish I Knew (3/19/2023) My God, I wish I knew the intention of my Beloved. He has taken my heart. My decision has disappeared. My escape route has been blocked. My God, I wish I knew where He was pulling me. He grabbed me by the More...
Endure (3/12/2023)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry, Weekly Poems
Endure (3/12/2023) O heart, if you cannot endure the troubles of Love, go away. If you don’t give up your life, you will never reach the Beloved. If you haven’t been thrown, as Abraham was, into the fire, you will never find, as Khidr* did, the Water of Life. *Khidr More...
Paradise (3/5/2023) O my heart-catching, life-taking Beauty whose face is more beautiful than the moon, since You have become my friend, the light of my heart has burst out of my mouth flame after flame. My heart has become garnet thanks to Your sun. This muddy body of mine More...
Where Am I Going? (2/26/2023) You left me nameless like heart and soul. You made me clap without hands, like joy and pleasure. I said, “You made me walk out of time and space. Souls have no place, so where am I going?” Rubailer (2016), Rubai 1, page 448. The More...
Choose Fire (2/19/2023) O one who has been check mated in the game of stars, choose a horse. Ride toward the King. Don’t bother with the vizier. Raise and tilt your hat to the side. Get rid of all your debts. Kiss the cheek of Soul. Start combing the More...
Someday (2/12/2023)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry, Weekly Poems
Someday (2/12/2023) Someday this branch full of flowers will bear fruit. Someday this falcon of desire will catch its prey. Today His image appears and disappears. But, the time will come when it will stay. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 440. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin Translations (apprx.pub. 11/2023), More...