Come, come, whoever you are.
Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come, yet again, come, come.

Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book
nor from tongue.
If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is
illumination of heart.

Only You

Only you
I choose among the entire world.
Is it fair of you
letting me be unhappy?
My heart is a pen in your hand.
It is all up to you
to write me happy or sad.
I see only what you reveal
and live as you say.
All my feelings have the color
you desire to paint.
From the beginning to the end,
no one but you.
Please make my future
better than the past.
When you hide I change
to a Godless person,
and when you appear,
I find my faith.
Don't expect to find
any more in me
than what you give.
Don't search for
hidden pockets because
I've shown you that
all I have is all you gave.

My dear friend

My dear friend
never lose hope
when the Beloved
sends you away.


If you're abandoned
if you're left hopeless
tomorrow for sure
you'll be called again.


If the door is shut
right in your face
keep waiting with patience
don't leave right away.


Seeing your patience
your love will soon
summon you with grace
raise you like a champion.


And if all the roads
end up in dead ends
you'll be shown the secret paths
no one will comprehend.


The beloved I know
will give with no qualms
to a puny ant
the kingdom of Solomon.


My heart has journeyed
many times around the world
but has never found
and will never find
such a Beloved again.


ah I better keep silence
I know this endless love
will surely arrive
for you and you and you.

...

The Guest House

This being human is a guesthouse.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight . . .
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.



Rumi

Old Age

Why does a date-palm lose its leaves in autumn?
Why does every beautiful face grow in old age
Wrinkled like the back of a Libyan lizard?
Why does a full head of hair get bald?


Why is it that the
Lion’s strength weakens to nothing?
The wrestler who could hold anyone down
Is led out with two people supporting him,
Their shoulders under his arms?


God answers,
“They put on borrowed robes
And pretended they were theirs.
I take the beautiful clothes back,
So that you will learn the robe
Of appearance is only a loan.”
Your lamp was lit from another lamp.
All God wants is your gratitude for that.



Rumi

Wake up with the morning breeze and ask for a change. open and fill yourself with the wine that is your life. pass it around, pass it to me first.
- Rumi

Aroused Passion

Oh God
Let all lovers be content
Give them happy endings
Let their lives be celebrations
Let their hearts dance in the fire of your love

My Sweetheart
You have aroused my passion
Your touch has filled me with desire
I am no longer separate from you

These are precious moments
I beseech you
Don't let me wait
Let me merge with you

Desire

I desire you
more than food
or drink

My body
my senses
my mind
hunger for your taste

I can sense your presence
in my heart
although you belong
to all the world

I wait
with silent passion
for one gesture
one glance
from you

The minute I heard my first love story,

I started looking for you, not knowing

how blind that was.



Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,

they're in each other all along.

"You could have had anything", you once said.

I laughed.

What could anything be
Without you?

All the world is driftwood
Thrown up from your sea.