RUMI DAYS

Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks

Friday, March 19, 2010

Dissolver of Sugar

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Dissolver of sugar, dissolve me, if this is the time. Do it gently with a touch of a hand, or a look. Every morning I wait at dawn. That...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Wax

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When I see you and how you are, I close my eyes to the other. For your Solomon's seal I become wax throughout my body. I wait to be ...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Morning Water and a Poet

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We learn this from a drunken king, who wakes up hungover and sick, asking for two things, a morning drink of water, and Let it be brought ...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Humble Living

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Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom. When a man makes up a story for his child, he becom...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

A Poem in a Letter

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Before death takes away what you are given, give away what is there to give. No dead person grieves for his death. He mourns only what he ...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Flood Residue

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The taste of today is not that of yesterday. A pot boils over. A watchman calls down the ladder, Did you hear the commotion last night fro...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Sufi Masters (2)

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The open sky drinks from their circling cup. The sun wears the gold of their generosity. When two of them meet, they are no longer two. The...
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