RUMI DAYS

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

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Dhu'l-Nun's Instructive Madness

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 Some friends of Dhu'l-Nun, the Egyptian, go to see him. They have heard that he has gone spectacularly insane, that he is a wildfire...
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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Messengers from the Mystery

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balloon flowers - one opened, one as yet unopened Love is the way messengers from the mystery tell us things. Love is the mother, We are her...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Singing

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When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it sta...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

The King Inside

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There are people with their eyes open whose hearts are shut. What do they see? Matter. But someone whose love is alert, even if the eyes g...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Cuisine and Sex

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Auguste Toulmouche, le baiser You risk your life to feed desires, yet you give your soul only short grazing spans, and those grudgingly....
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Wide Plain of Death

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I placed one foot on the wide plain of death, and some grand immensity sounded on the emptiness. I have felt nothing ever like the wild wo...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Beyond Love Stories (2)

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Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers what comes. Is the ground worse for giving in like that? Do not put blankets ov...
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