RUMI DAYS

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

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

We Three

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My love wanders the rooms, melodious, flute notes, plucked wires, full of a wine the magi drank on the way to Bethlehem. We are three. The...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Entering the Shell

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Marc Chagall, Village by Night Love is alive , and someone borne along by it is more alive than lions roaring or men in their fierce cour...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

You Are Most Handsome

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Think that you're gliding out from the face of a cliff like an eagle. Think that you're walking like a tiger walks by himself in t...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Harsh Evidence

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What sort of person says that he or she wants to be polished and pure, then complains about being handled roughly? Love is a lawsuit where...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

The Death of Saladin

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Gerhard Mantz, Left Hand of Darkness You left ground and sky weeping, mind and soul full of grief. No one can take your place in existenc...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Whatever Gives Pleasure

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Whatever gives pleasure is the fragrance of the Friend. Whatever makes us wonder comes from that light. What is inside the ground begins ...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Longing

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Apollo and Daphne, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, Suffer the pa...
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