This Is Fate (5/27/18)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
This Is Fate (5/27/18) You excite this crowd every day by erasing thousands of well-beings down below. This is fate. It goes on as long as the wheel of fortune turns. Please, be kind and generous to the souls of the poor. Rubailer, Page 472, Rubai #3 More...
The One Who Exists Is Not Me (5/20/18) “O Sultan of the Earth,” I said in the early dawn, “I swear to God that there is no one who matches You. No one is Your peer. “Your rank, Your value cannot be comprehended. You never change Your promise. O More...
Nothing But Longing… (5/13/18) My life has become nothing but longing. O Beloved, what a beauty, what a charm is that? I don’t clap my hands if You are not the player. I don’t drink wine if You are not the cupbearer. Rubailer, Page 471, Rubai #2 More...
Our Peace is No Good (5/6/18) There is a Beauty whose face resembles the Sun. The nicest curtain is the shadow cast by Him. He rises like the Sun. Particles become restless. For goodness sake, don’t keep that Spring-like face behind the curtain. Get up. Today is our day. More...
Aren’t You Worth… (4/29/18) I am the wind, You are a leaf. When I blow, how can you not move? If I give you an order, how can you ignore it? What can you do if I throw a stone and break your jar? Aren’t you worth hundreds of pearls, More...
“If You Are Looking for a Remedy…” (4/22/18) I said, “O heart, you are in deep trouble.” He responded, “I am content with my situation. Are you?” I answered, “You need a remedy for your mind.” He said, “If you are looking for a remedy, you are crazy.” Rubailer, Page 460, Rubai #1 More...
Our Jar Cannot Take Any More (4/15/18) People were born from the Sea of Soul like water birds. How do those birds which come from the sea make this place their home? We are engulfed by the soul’s sea with every breath we take. If it were not so, More...
Your True Thirst (4/8/18)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
Your True Thirst (4/8/18) You eat kebab and drink wine. But, know this well: You are eating and drinking in a dream created by you. Once you wake up, you will still be hungry and thirsty. The water you drink in your dream will never satisfy your true thirst. Rubailer, More...
Eternal Sovereignty Has Come (4/1/18) Blasphemy is dressed in black. Divine light has come. They are beating the drum of immortality. Eternal sovereignty has come. The Earth has become green. The sky has torn its cuff and collar. The Moon has split in half once more. Pure soul has More...
Your Being is the Curtain (3/25/18) If you become prey to God, you will be freed from sorrows. If you run after your desires, you will stay a slave to your self. You should know this very well: Your being is the curtain that conceals God from you. Don’t stay More...