I am a child of love
I profess the religion of love, Love is my religion and my faith. My mother is love My father is love My prophet is…
Without Love…
What a moving quatrain by Rumi Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise. All…
I have returned, like the new year (Rumi)
I am posting Sunlight translations of Rumi’s  Ghazal (Ode) 1375, from  “Diwan-e-Shamsi” (“The Collection of Shams”), rendered by Nader Khalili, and Prof. William Chittick: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i’ve…
Don’t talk about the journey (Rumi)
come come come my endless desires come come come come my beloved come my sweetheart…
This Love — Quatrain from Rumi
This Love is the king, yet a throne cannot be found. It is the essence of the Koran yet a verse cannot be found.…
In this game of chess
IÂ was first seduced by love then put in a fire of agonies as i won the mastery of the beloved the beloved dropped me…
O how the Beloved fits inside my heart
O how the Beloved fits inside my heart; Like a thousand souls in one body, A thousand harvests in one sheaf of wheat, A…
Occupy yourself with your own inward self! – Rumi
Oh heart, place no honey in the mouth of the ill! Speak not of entrancing eyes in the assembly of the blind! Although God…
All Colors Become One
The baptism of God is the dyeing vat of Hu, God’s absoluteness, in which all colors become one. When the contemplative falls into that…
Do not despair, my soul…
Do not despair, my soul, for hope has manifested itself; the hope of every soul has arrived from the unseen. Do not despair, though…
Immersed in His glow – Rumi
where have you gone the settler of my soul did you fly away or hide in your home as soon as you saw the…
Kal bhi woh darte the
A few lines I wrote after Malala’s Nobel and some of the reactions of Pakistanis on social media (English translit. below) Kal bhi woh…
Har Lehza Ba Shaklay But-e-Ayyar Baraamad
A Kalam of Jalal Ud Din Rumi Performed by Farid Ayaz Qawal Har lehza ba shaklay but-e-ayyar baraamad Dil burd-o-nihaan shud Har dum ba…