RUMI DAYS
Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Bu'l-Hasan and the Snow
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After Bestami died, it happened as he said that Bu'l-Hasan became the sheikh for his community. Every day Bu'l-Hasan would go to B...
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Friday, January 14, 2011
The Mill
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Mill Dam in Traunstein, William Stanley Haseltine The heart is a wheatgrain. We are the mill where this body is a millstone and thought,...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Gift of Water
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Someone who does not know the Tigris River exists brings the caliph who lives near the river a jar of fresh water. The caliph accepts, than...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Night Ocean
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Study of the Head & Shoulders, etc., by Jan Lievens We are the night ocean filled with glints of light. We are the space between the fi...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Backpain
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Muhammad went to visit a sick friend. Such kindness brings more kindness, and there is no knowing the proliferation from there. The man wa...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
A Piece of Wood
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I reach for a piece of wood. It turns into a lute. I do some meanness. It turns out helpful. I say one must not travel during the holy mont...
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Gnats Inside the Wind
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Equivalent, by Alfred Stieglitz Some gnats come from the grass to speak with Solomon. O Solomon, you are the champion of the oppressed. Yo...
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