RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Monday, November 8, 2010
A Door
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I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside.
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Love Dogs
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Turquoise Jar, by Farhad Moshiri One night a man was crying Allah. Allah. His lips grew sweet with the praising, until a cynic said, So. I...
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Unmarked Boxes
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Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. The child weaned from mother's milk now drinks wine and honey mixed. ...
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Friday, November 5, 2010
A Lantern
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You are so subtle you can slip into my soul, how would it be if you, for a time, were living visibly here? So hidden that you are hidden f...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Move Within
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Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move with...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Ashes, Wanderers
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The Wife of Plutus, by George Frederic Watts In this battle we do not hold a shield in front of us. When we turn in sama , we do not hear ...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
I Have Such a Teacher
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Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of poverty, having nothing and wanting nothing. I am a naked man standing inside a mine of rubi...
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