RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Joseph
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Joseph has come, the handsome one of this age, a victory banner floating over spring flowers. Those of you whose work it is to wake the d...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
A Wished-For Song
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You are song, a wished-for song. Go through the ear to the center, where the sky is, where wind, where silent knowing. Put seeds and cover...
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Friday, March 26, 2010
The Orchard
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Come to the orchard in spring. There is light and wine and sweethearts in the pomegranate flowers. If you do not come, these do not mat...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
A Bowl
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Imagine the time the particle you are returns where it came from. The family darling comes home. Wine, without being contained in cups, i...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Spring
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Again the violet bows to the lily. Again, the rose is tearing off her gown. The green ones have come from the other world, tipsy like the...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The Sun is Love
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The sun is love. The lover, a speck circling the sun. A spring wind moves to dance any branch that isn't dead.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Quietness
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Inside this new love, die. Your way begins on the other side. Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape. Walk out like someone...
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