Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Hafiz - Until You Paint All Your Beauty

You need to become a pen In the Sun´s hand. We need for the earth to sing Through our pores and eyes. The body will again become restless Until your soul paints all its beauty Upon the sky. Don´t tell me, dear ones, That what Hafiz says is not true, For when the heart tastes its glorious destiny And you awake to our constant need for your love God´s lute will beg For your hands. The Lute Will Beg For Your Hands The Gift Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Hafiz - Keeping Watch

In the morning When I began to wake, It happened again-- That feeling That You, Beloved, Had stood over me all night Keeping watch, That feeling That as soon as I began to stir You put Your lips on my forehead And lit a Holy Lamp Inside my Heart. Keeping Watch I Heard God Laughing Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Hafiz - Making Beautiful This World

Making Beautiful This World Go for a walk, if it is not too dark. Get some fresh air, try to smile. Say something kind To a safe-looking stranger, if one happens by. Always exercise your heart’s knowing. You might as well attempt something real Along this path: Take your spouse or lover into your arms The way you did when you first met. Let tenderness pour from your eyes The way the Sun gazes warmly on the earth. Play a game with some children. Extend yourself to a friend. Sing a few ribald... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

St John of the Cross - This Earth is a Bow

THE EARTH IS A BOW You let my sufferings cease, for there was no one who could cure them. Now let my eyes behold your face for you are our only love. My spirit's body is rising near--this earth a bow that shot me; now lift me into your arms as something preceious that you dropped. My only suffering, from this day forth, will be your divine beauty, and you will constantly cure my blessed sight each time you bring your face so near to mine and call me bride. Do not be sad, my old fiends; look,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Rumi - Now I Celebrate with Joy

Once again my sweetheart found me in town i was hiding from love's rapture i was escaping from the tavern but soon i was found what's the use of running no soul can escape no use hiding i've been found a hundred times i thought i could hide in a crowded city how can i when i was found among my own crowded secrets now i celebrate with joy now i'm happy with my luck just because no matter how hard i hide i am found how can i hide when all over are the marks spotting the path of my bleeding hunted... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Hafiz - We Should Talk About this Problem

We Should Talk About This Problem There is a Beautiful Creature Living in a hole you have dug. So at night I set fruit and grains And little post of wine and milk Beside your soft earthen mounds, And I often sing. But still, my dear, You do not come out. I have fallen in love with Someone Who hides inside you. We should talk about this problem-- Otherwise, I will never leave you alone. We Should Talk About This Problem I Heard God Laughing Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Hafiz - Your Thousand Other Forms

Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love. Like a blooming night flower, Bestow your vital fragrance of happiness And giving Upon our intimate assembly. Change rooms in your mind for a day. All the hemispheres in existence Lie beside an equator In your heart. Greet Yourself In your thousand other forms As you mount the hidden tide and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Rumi - Who Are You

YOU ASK ME who are you and with such a shaky existence how can you fall in love how do i know who am i or where i am how could a simple wave locate itself in an ocean you ask me what am i seeking above and beyond the pure light that i once was and why am i imprisoned in this cage named body and yet i claim to be a free bird how do i know how i lost my way i know for sure i was all straight before i was seduced by love "RUMI, Fountain of Fire", ghazal number 1517, translated April 1991 by Nader... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Hafiz - She Responded

SHE RESPONDED The birds' favorite songs You do not hear, For their most flamboyant music takes place When their wings are stretched Above the trees And they are smoking the opium Of pure freedom. It is healthy for the prisoner To have faith That one day he will again move about Wherever he wants, Feel the wondrous gift of life - Less structured, Find all wounds, debts stamped canceled, Paid. I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity Of darkness?" She responded, "Love lifts... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Rumi - If you can disentangle yourself

IF YOU CAN DISENTANGLE yourself from your selfish self all heavenly spirits will stand ready to serve you if you can finally hunt down your own beastly self you have the right to claim Solomon's kingdom you are that blessed soul who belongs to the garden of paradise is it fair to let yourself fall apart in a shattered house you are the bird of happiness in the magic of existence what a pity when you let yourself be chained and caged but if you can break free from this dark prison named body soon... Sign in to see full entry.

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