RUMI DAYS

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

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Behind Each Eye

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Spring overall. But inside us there is another unity. Behind each eye one glowing weather. Every forest branch moves differently in the b...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

What the Friend Wants Done

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One who does what the Friend wants done will never need a Friend. There is a bankruptcy that is pure gain. The moon stays bright when it d...
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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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