Only by the Heart (1/15/17) I asked an old wise mind secretly last night, “Open to me the secret of this world.” He lowered his voice and whispered in my ear, “Be silent. It cannot be said. It can be understood only by the heart.” Rubailer, Page 250, Rubai #3 More...
A Curtain to the Soul (1/8/17) The words which come from Soul are a curtain to the soul. The fog which comes from the sea hides the coast and the sea’s pearls. It is a great task to get involved in philosophical discourses. But, explanation is the curtain to More...
It Is Time (1/1/17)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
It Is Time (1/1/17) How long will we be satisfied by the shapes and appearances of time? How long will we watch and sniff after existence? I am tired of the materials and creatures of the present; it is time to see that Beauty of Beauties. But, when I look More...
Yes (12/25/16)
Category: Gazel (longer poem), Rumi Poetry
Yes, that door will be opened in the end. Yes, in the end, that silver-bodied charmer will appear, show his face. Our cupbearer remembers those drunks. Yes, he will come back again with glass and wine. Yes, the spring of beauty will come to the garden. Those fresh More...
O Wounded Heart, Relax (12/18/16) O wounded heart, relax. The time has come for relief. Breathe easy. That peerless Beloved, so kind and generous to lovers, has dressed as a human and come into this world. Rubailer, Page 222, Rubai #1 More...
You Are the Only One (12/12/16) You are the only one with us from the beginning of the beginning, O Love. Tell us the secrets one by one; You are in the same house as we are. We were afraid of Your fire. That’s why we closed our mouth, quit More...
Where Is Our End? (12/4/16) The wine which is forbidden to the body is served to the soul of the one who is free from the body’s bondage. Until the last drop, don’t say, “This is the end.” Who knows where our beginning is? Likewise, where is our end? Rubailer, Page 274, Rubai #4 More...
We Are Due to try Absence (11/27/16) Fire leaned toward the ear of smoke and said secretly, “He can’t do without me. Aloe wood really likes me. “He understands me. He thanks me, because the purpose of aloe wood is to burn out, to become non-existent. At that time, More...
If… (11/20/16)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
If… (11/20/16) If you start the journey, they will open the road for you. If you annihilate yourself, they will carry you to Absence. If you humble yourself, they will grow you greater than the Universe. If you become nothing, they will show you without you. Rubailer, Page 205, Rubai #2 More...
The Water…Becomes the Rose (11/13/16) When You became the Sun, the light of that universe, You rose to a dead planet. You became life. You became sight to the eyes of the blind and speech to the mute. You made a deal with the ugly devil, changed him More...