Love Whispers (11/15/15)
Category: quatrain (rubai), Rumi Poetry
Love Whispers (11/15/15) Love says, “I will give hundreds, thousands of lives To the one who gives his life to me.” Listen to what Love whispers in your ears; He is pulling you next to Him by pulling on them. Ergin, Rubailar, Verse #3, Page 220 More...
That Beautiful Sea of Heart (11-8-15) Understand this well: The work of the mind belongs in the basement. Even if the mind becomes Plato in knowledge, It still remains outside of the palace. The ecstasy of Love is a hundred thousand times better Than whole universes full of More...
This Is Expected (11/1/15) The mind is a road block on the journey, O son. The road is wide open; untie this bond, tear it, O son. The mind is bondage; the heart a trick, a deceit; the soul, the cover and curtain. This road is hidden from all More...
I don’t have any friend besides Love. Love was with me before I came into this world, and It is with me still. Soul yells, “O lazy one on Love’s way, Come on, hurry up, reach me.” Ergin, Rubailer, V. 1, Page 17 More...
We Would Be Annihilated (10/18/15) Your kindness comes after sorrow, every time, every moment. Otherwise, no one could withstand this suffering. Make me drunk constantly with the wine that gives no hangover. I don’t want any other wine. We are the reed bed; He is the fire. We are waiting More...
You Are Still Alive (10/11/15) You are satisfied, but I haven’t had enough of this drink. I am annihilated, but you are still alive. The millstone turns and cries quietly As long as water flows through the canal. Ergin, Rubailer, V. 1, Page 432 More...
Conversation with the Beloved (10/4/15) O torch for night passengers! O chain for crazy lovers! O direction of prayer for everyone! O my Caravan Master! You are a brigand and, at the same time, a guide, A moon and, at the same time, Jupiter. You are on this side More...
On the Journey to Love (9/27/15) O One who has become an admonition to my eyes! The eyes of all the ones who came before or will come after Have never seen a Love like this. Many times I’ve become stone, many times pearl. I’ve become a believer, then a More...
Don’t Ask For Reason (9/20/15) At night, I turned around the city like wind, running like water How can sleep overcome the one who walks around the city in darkness? The mind is the one who wants to have everything in order. Don’t ask for reason or manners from the drunk. More...