RUMI DAYS

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

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Hoping to Be More Alive

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You are an ocean in a drop of dew, all the universes in a thin sack of blood. What are these pleasures then, these joys, these worlds that...
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Monday, October 4, 2010

This Dove Here

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Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives. But this dove here senses the love-hawk floating abov...
Sunday, October 3, 2010

Out Beyond

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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world...
Saturday, October 2, 2010

No Room for Form (2)

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And don't look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking. No room for form with love this strong. Beat the drum and let the po...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

No Room for Form (1)

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On the night when you cross the street from your shop and your house to the cemetery, you will hear me hailing you from inside the open gr...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

A Trace

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You that give new life to this planet, you that transcend logic, come. I am only an arrow. Fill your bow with me and let fly. Because of th...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Childhood Friends (4)

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Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe Vincent Van Gogh Put your vileness up to a mirror and weep. Get that self-satisfaction flowing out...
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