RUMI DAYS

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

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Lord of Beauty

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The lord of beauty enters the soul as a man walks into an orchard in spring. Come into me that way again. Like a fresh idea in an artist...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Uses of Fear

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A donkey turning a millstone is not trying to press oil from sesame seed. He is fleeing the blow that was just struck and hoping to avoid...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Music Master

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You that love lovers, this is your home. Welcome. In the midst of making form, love made this form that melts form, with love for the door...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Truest Devotion

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Moses ran after the shepherd. He followed the bewildered footprints, in one place moving straight like a castle across a chessboard. Then s...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Presences

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Listen to presences inside poems. Let them take you where they will. Follow those private hints, and never leave the premises.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Constant Conversation

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Who is luckiest in this whole orchestra? The reed. Its mouth touches your lips to learn music. All reeds, sugarcane especially, think only ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Whatever You Really See

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A human being is essentially a spirit-eye. Whatever you really see, you are that.
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