RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
A Great Rose Tree
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This is the day and the year of the rose. The whole garden is opening with laughter. Iris whispering to cypress. The rose is the joy of me...
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Bright Core of Failure
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Sometimes you enter the heart. Sometimes you are born from the soul. Sometimes you weep a song of separation. It is all the same glory. Yo...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
An Invisible Bee
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Look how desire has changed in you, how light and colorless it is, with the world growing new marvels because of your changing. Your soul ...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Self We Share
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Look fish, you are already in the ocean. Just swimming there makes you friends with glory. What are these grudges about? You are Benjamin....
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Friday, June 25, 2010
The Miracle-Signs
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Here are the miracle-signs you want, that you cry through the night and get up at dawn asking, that in the absence of what you ask for, yo...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Inside This River
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Inside this river there is a moon which is not a reflection. From the river bottom the moon speaks. I travel in continuous conversation wi...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Verge of Tears
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You make our souls tasty like rose marmalade. You cause us to fall flat on the ground like the shadow of a cypress still growing at its tip...
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