Weekly Poems

Out of His Mind (11/19/2023) O frowning Friend, How much are You asking for vinegar? You sell it as sugar when you trade with a sugar-lipped one. You take sugar in exchange for your vinegar.   If you don’t buy, I will. I am in love and out of my More...

Nothing but Longing (11/12/2023) My life has become nothing but longing. O Beloved, what beauty, what charm is that? I don’t clap my hands unless You are the musician. I don’t drink wine unless You are the cupbearer. Rubailer (2016), Rubai 4, page 490. The Rubaiyat of Rumi, The Ergin More...

You are an Endless Treasure (11/5/2023) I wonder if your eyes are sleepy or evasive. No, I swear, you are trying to deceive God.   You close your eyes like a merchant who reaches his gold once he falls asleep.   You have extended a chain, setting up endless traps. More...

One Day (10/29/2023) One day, your heart will take you to the One who has caught your heart. One day, your soul will take you to the Beloved. Don’t let go of the hem of the robe of your pain. One day, your pain will take you to the remedy. More...

Open a Door for Me (10/22/2023) O my Cupbearer who adds souls to Soul, for God’s sake, offer up a river’s full. Pour that red wine into my drunken head.   You are the Sea of Kindness. Nourish me with Your own hands. O my moon-faced One, You are the More...

Aren’t You Worth Hundreds of Pearls? (10/15/2023) I am the wind. You are a leaf. When I blow, how could you remain still? If I give you an order, how could you ignore it? Since I have thrown a stone and broken your jar, aren’t you worth hundreds of oceans, More...

Love’s Charm is Different (10/8/2023) “Immortality of the soul” is only a rumor coming from the sages. There is no better end for Love’s presence than Love itself.   I hear thanks coming from everyone. That is always the situation as long as people are happy. Don’t pay any attention More...

Become the Essence of Love (10/1/2023) If you turn around Saturn, you become Saturn. If you turn around a saint, you become a saint. If you turn around the mine of Truth, you become a ruby. If you turn around the Beloved, you become the Essence of Love. Rubailer (2016), More...

You Have Me in Return (9/24/2023) Is there no music, no merrymaking for this lover to help him attain his desire, to get his troubles to settle down?   In the morning, because of his separation, he was frightened by daily troubles. But at night, he found mercy from His More...

About Old Age (9/17/2023) Sometimes You rip the curtain. Sometimes You repair it. Sometimes You get along with me. Sometimes You break me apart and burn me. I am learning about youth in my old age. O people of the world, I can advise you about old age. Rubailer (2016), More...