RUMI DAYS

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

Sunday, September 12, 2010

For Us This Day

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My soul keeps whispering, Quickly, be a wandering dervish, a salamander sitting in its homefire. Walk about watching the burning turn to r...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Dance

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La danse, Henri Matisse Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting....
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Friday, September 10, 2010

The Origin of the World

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Human beings seem to derive from this planet, but essentially we are the origin of the world. A tiny gnat's outward form flies about i...
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Thursday, September 9, 2010

No Better Love

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Andromeda, Eugene Delacroix No better love than love with no object. No more satisfying work than work with no purpose. If you could give ...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Hunt Music

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Musk and amber remind us of the air at sunrise, when any small motion feels part of some elaborate making. The body's harp gets handed...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Something Opens Our Wings

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Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us. We taste only sacredness.
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Monday, September 6, 2010

The Generations I Praise

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Yesterday the beauty of early dawn came over me, and I wondered who my heart would reach toward. Then this morning again and you. Who am I? ...
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