RUMI DAYS

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

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

This Piece of Food

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This piece of food cannot be eaten, nor this bit of wisdom found by looking. There is a secret core in everyone not even Gabriel can know ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Raw, Well-Cooked, and Burnt

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You ask, Why do you cry with such sweetness all around? I weep as I make the honey, wearing the shirt of the bee, and I refuse to share th...
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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