Posts in "Poems" Category
Be that empty …
Days full of wanting,
let them go by without worrying
that they do. Stay where you are
inside such a pure, hollow note.
Every thirst gets satisfied except
that of these fish, the mystics,
who swim a vast ocean of grace
still somehow longing for it!
No one lives in that without
being nourished every day.
But if someone doesn’t want to hear
the song of the reed flute,
it’s best to cut conversation
short, say good-bye, and leave.
—Rumi
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The caravans had no food, and yet food was dropping
all about them. If anyone had said,
‘Look! Over here!’
they would have thought him insane, or drunk.
How can this happen? Or am I dreaming?
I walk up to the trees. I eat the fruit.
I might as well believe.
―Rumi
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Zero
Is where the Real Fun starts.
There’s too much counting
Everywhere else!
—Hafez
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Just sit there right now
Don’t do a thing
Just rest.
For your separation from God,
From love,
Is the hardest work
In this
World.
Let me bring you trays of food
And something
That you like to
Drink.
You can use my soft words
As a cushion
For your
Head. —Hafiz
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You say, How long will you beg from others,
when there are things born of you
that emperors want?
—Rumi
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