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The Body is Too Slow For Me - Rumi

2006-04-29T22:26:00.000+01:00

Toward the gardens, Toward the orchards, I am going. If you want to stay here, Stay here - I am going! My day is dark without His Face, Toward that bright flame I am going. My soul is racing ahead of me. It says, The body is too slow for me - I am going. The smell of apples arises from the orchard of my soul. One whiff and I am gone - Toward

I Have Learned So Much - Hafiz

2006-04-29T22:13:00.000+01:00

I Have Learned So much from God That I can no longer Call Myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself With me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even a pure Soul. Love has Befriended Hafiz so completely It has turned to ash And freed Me

A Hard Decree - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:16:00.000+01:00

LastNightGodPostedOn the Tavern wallA hard decree for all of love's inmatesWhich read:If your heart cannot find a joyful workThe jaws of this world Will probablyGrab hold of yourSweetAss.- Hafiz

I Imagine Now for Ages - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:15:00.000+01:00

It Happened Again last Night: Love Popped the cork on itself— Splattered my brains Across the Sky. I imagine now for ages Something of Hafiz Will appear To fall like Stars. - Hafiz

Turn Left a Thousand Feet From Here - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:11:00.000+01:00

What I really want to give you I can't, Yet all day long I try and painting maps on the sky With bright, tender sounds That say, "Turn left a thousand feet from here, Just past that next hill. Then make a sharp right As soon as you see that big rock That looks like an egg, There you will find a decent tavern." I am like a wise friend. If you come close to me I will write

Tired of Speaking Sweetly - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:09:00.000+01:00

Love wants to reach out and manhandle us, Break all our teacup talk of God. If you had the courage and Could give the Beloved His choice, some nights, He would just drag you around the room By your hair, Ripping from your grip all those toys in the world That bring you no joy. Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly And wants to rip to shreds All your erroneous notions of

The Bag Lady - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:08:00.000+01:00

I am the bag lady in every city, I have a spot on every street. My sacks are full of holiness So I have come to peddle, To touch your feet. I give Myself To Myself on rare occasions because I am so very shy. Hafiz, the monarchs of this world Are but slaves to thee Since the Beloved took His seat In your eye. I am the bag lady in every city. I am playing divine music in

Faithful Lover - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:05:00.000+01:00

The moon came to me last night With a sweet question. She said, "The sun has been my faithful lover For millions of years. Whenever I offer my body to him Brilliant light pours from his heart. Thousands then notice my happiness And delight in pointing Toward my beauty. Hafiz, Is it true that our destiny Is to turn into Light Itself?" And I replied, Dear moon, Now that

When You Can Endure - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:02:00.000+01:00

When The words stop And you can endure silence That reveals your heart's Pain Of emptiness Or that great wrenching-sweet longing, That is the time to try and listen To what the Beloved's Eyes Most want To Say. - Hafiz

It Felt Love - Hafiz

2006-04-29T21:00:00.000+01:00

How Did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its Beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its Being, Otherwise, We all remain Too Frightened. - Hafiz

Some Fill with Each Good Rain - Hafiz

2006-04-29T07:38:00.000+01:00

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that. In one well You have just a few precious cups of water, That "love" is literally something of yourself, It can grow as slow as a diamond If it is lost. Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut

The Heart is Right - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:40:00.000+01:00

The Heart is right to cry Even when the smallest drop of light, Of love, Is taken away. Perhaps you may kick, moan, scream In a dignified Silence, But you are so right To do so in any fashion Until God returns To You.- Hafiz

This Sky - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:38:00.000+01:00

This Sky Where we live Is no place to lose your wings So love, love, Love.- Hafiz

Two Puddles Chatting - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:36:00.000+01:00

It rained during the night And two puddles formed in the dark And began chatting. One said, "It is so nice to at last be upon this earth And to meet you as well, But what will happen when The brilliant Sun comes And turns us back into spirit again?" Dear ones, Enjoy the night as much as you can. Why ever trouble your heart with flight, When you have just arrived And your body is

And for No Reason - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:33:00.001+01:00

And For no reason I start skipping like a child. And For no reason I turn into a leaf That is carried so high I kiss the Sun's mouth And dissolve. And For no reason A thousand birds Choose my head for a conference table, Start passing their Cups of wine And their wild songbooks all around. And For every reason in existence I begin to eternally, To eternally laugh and love!

The Mountain Got Tired of Sitting - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:30:00.000+01:00

The sun Won a beauty contest and became a jewel Set upon God's right hand. The earth agreed to be a toe ring on the Beloved's foot And has never regretted its decision. The mountains got tired Of sitting amongst a sleeping audience And are now stretching their arms Toward the Roof. The clouds gave my soul an idea So I pawned my gills And rose like a winged diamond Ever trying to

Stay Close to Those Sounds - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:28:00.000+01:00

The sun turns a key in a lock each day As soon as it crawls out of bed. Light swings open a door And the many kinds of love rush out Onto the infinite green field. Your soul sometimes plays a note Against the Sky's ear that excites The birds and planets. Stay close to any sounds. That make you glad you are alive. Everything in this world is Helplessly reeling. An invisible wake was

Covers Her Face with Both Hands - Hafiz

2006-04-28T13:26:00.000+01:00

What We speak Becomes the house we live in. Who will want to sleep in your bed If the roof leaks Right above It? Look what happens when the tongue Cannot say to kindness, "I will be your slave," The moon Covers her face with both hands And can't bear To look. - Hafiz

Without Brushing My Hair - Hafiz

2006-04-28T12:37:00.000+01:00

The closer I get to you, Beloved, The more I can see It is just You and I all alone In this World. I hear A knock at my door, Who else could it be, So I rush without brushing My hair. For too Many nights I have begged for Your Return And what Is the use of vanity At this late hour, at this divine season, That has now come to my folded Knees? If your love letters are true

A Still Cup - Hafiz

2006-04-27T07:34:00.000+01:00

For God To make love, For the divine alchemy to work, The Pitcher needs a still cup. Why Ask Hafiz to say Anything more about Your most Vital Requirement? - Hafiz

Stop Being So Religious - Hafiz

2006-04-26T07:32:00.000+01:00

What Do sad people have in Common? It seems They have all built a shrine To the past And often go there And do a strange wail and Worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being So religious Like That. - Hafiz

Sad Game - Hafiz

2006-04-26T07:29:00.000+01:00

Blame Keeps the sad game going. It keeps stealing all your wealth— Giving it to an imbecile with No financial skills. Dear one, Wise Up. - Hafiz

The Earth That Was Sold to a Fish - Hafiz

2006-04-26T07:26:00.000+01:00

It is true. I once had an ear that got sold to a fish. Lean back: I will be glad to tell you all about How it happened, But first I must digress a bit, Perhaps way beyond any logical sequence Of events We may ever again piece together. Let's see, We could start anywhere, With any word, In this fertile luminous world in which I live. What is the first letter of your alphabet? A,

Why Just Ask the Donkey - Hafiz

2006-04-26T07:16:00.000+01:00

Why Just ask the donkey in me To speak to the donkey in you, When I have so many other beautiful animals And brilliant colored birds inside That are all longing to say something wonderful And exciting to your heart? Let's open all the locked doors upon our eyes That keep us from knowing the Intelligence That begets love And a more lively and satisfying conversation With

We Have Come Not to Take Prisoners - Hafiz

2006-04-25T07:20:00.000+01:00

We have not come here to take prisoners, But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy. We have not come into this exquisite world To hold ourselves hostage from love. Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, From anyone likely To put a sharp knife Into the sacred, tender vision Of your beautiful heart. We have a duty to

This One is Mine - Hafiz

2006-04-25T07:17:00.000+01:00

Someone put You on a slave block And the unreal bought You. Now I keep coming to your owner Saying, "This one is mine." You often overhear us talking And this can make your heart leap With excitement. Don't worry I will not let sadness Possess you. I will gladly borrow all the gold I need To get you Back. - Hafiz

Forgive the Dream - Hafiz

2006-04-25T07:11:00.000+01:00

All your images of winter I see against your sky. I understand the wounds That have not healed in you. They exist Because God and Love Have yet to become real enough To allow you to forgive The dream. You still listen to an old alley song That brings your body pain; Now chain your ears To His pacing drum and flute. Fix your eyes upon The magnificent arch of His brow That

A Cushion for Your Head - Hafiz

2006-04-24T07:08:00.000+01:00

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

You Were Brave in That Holy War - Hafiz

2006-04-24T07:03:00.000+01:00

You have done well In the contest of madness. You were brave in that holy war. You have all the honorable wounds Of one who has tried to find love Where the Beautiful Bird Does not drink. May I speak to you Like we are close And locked away together? Once I found a stray kitten And I used to soak my fingers In warm milk; It came to think I was five mothers On one hand. Wayfarer, Why not rest

With That Moon Language - Hafiz

2006-04-23T06:53:00.000+01:00

Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me." Of course you do not do this out loud; Otherwise, Someone would call the cops. Still though, think about this, This great pull in us To connect. Why not become the one Who lives with a full moon in each eye That is always saying, With that sweet moon Language, What every other eye in this world Is dying to Hear

My Eyes So Soft - Hafiz

2006-04-23T06:19:00.000+01:00

Don't Surrender Your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more Deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft, My voice so Tender, My need of God Absolutely Clear. - Hafiz

Who Will Feed My Cat - Hafiz

2006-04-22T06:09:00.000+01:00

I Will need Someone to feed my cat When I leave this world, Though my cat is not ordinary. She only has three paws: Fire, air, Water. - Hafiz

Your Thousand Limbs - Hafiz

2006-04-21T06:55:00.000+01:00

Your thousand limbs rend my body. This is the way to die: Beauty keeps laying Its sharp knife Against Me. - Hafiz

The Hatcheck Girl - Hafiz

2006-04-21T06:07:00.000+01:00

Why Are there So few in the court Of a perfect Saint? Because Every time you are near Him You have to leave pieces Of your Ego With The hatcheck Girl Who won't give them Back— O O O U C H . - Hafiz

Why Not Be Polite - Hafiz

2006-04-20T12:35:00.000+01:00

Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him? - Hafiz

Only One Rule - Hafiz

2006-04-20T06:59:00.000+01:00

The sky Is a suspended blue ocean. The stars are the fish that swim. The planets are the white whales I sometimes Hitch a ride On, The sun and all light Have forever fused themselves into my heart And upon my Skin. There is only one rule on this Wild Playground, Every sign Hafiz has ever seen Reads the same They all say, "Have fun, my dear; my dear, have fun, In the Beloved's divine Game, O,

What Do White Birds Say - Hafiz

2006-04-20T06:03:00.000+01:00

The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy, Now like a singing air creature I feel the Rose Keep opening. My heart turned to effulgent wings. When has love not given freedom? When has adoration not made one free? A women broken in tears and sweet Stands in a field Watching the sun and me Trade jokes. But never would Hafiz laugh At your blessed labor

A Strange Feather - Hafiz

2006-04-19T12:34:00.000+01:00

All The craziness, All the empty plots, All the ghosts and fears, All the grudges and sorrows have Now Passed. I must have inhaled A strange Feather That finally Fell Out. - Hafiz

You're It - Hafiz

2006-04-19T06:01:00.000+01:00

God Disguised As a myriad things and Playing a game Of tag Has kissed you and said, “You’re it— I mean, you’re Really IT!” Now It does not matter What you believe or feel For something wonderful, Major-league Wonderful Is someday going To Happen. - Hafiz

Dropping Keys - Hafiz

2006-04-18T12:09:00.000+01:00

The small man Builds cages for everyone He Knows. While the sage, Who has to duck his head When the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners. - Hafiz

Just Looking for Trouble - Hafiz

2006-04-18T05:59:00.000+01:00

I once has a student Who would sit alone in his house at night Shivering with worries And fears, And, come morning, He would often look as though He had been raped By a ghost. Then one day my pity Crafted for him a knife From my own divine sword. Since then, I have become very proud Of this student. For now, come night, Not only has he lost all his fear, Now he goes out

What The Hell - Hafiz

2006-04-17T12:09:00.000+01:00

The Real love I always keep a secret. All my words Are sung outside Her window, For when She lets me in I take a thousand oaths of silence. But, Then She says, O, then God says, "What the hell, Hafiz, Why not give the whole world My Address." - Hafiz

God's Bucket - Hafiz

2006-04-17T05:57:00.000+01:00

If this world Was not held in God's bucket How could an ocean stand upside down On its head and never lose a drop? If your life was not contained in God's cup How could you be so brave and laugh, Dance in the face of death? Hafiz, There is a private chamber in the soul That knows a great secret Of which no tongue can speak. Your existence my dear, O love my dear, Has been

Between Your Eye and This Page - Hafiz

2006-04-13T06:57:00.000+01:00

BetweenYour eye and this pageI am standing.Between Your ear and soundThe Friend has pitched a golden tentYour spirit walks through a thousand timesA day.Each time you pass the KaabaThe Sun unwinds a silk thread from your body.Each time you pass any objectFrom within itI bow.If you are still having doubtsAbout His nearnessOnce in a while debate with God.BetweenYour eye and this page HafizIs

A Potted Plant - Hafiz

2006-04-12T08:13:00.000+01:00

I pull a sun from my coin purse each day.And at night I let my pet the moonRun freely into the sky meadow.If I whistled,She would turn her head and look at me.If I then waved my arms,She would come back wagging a marvelous tailOf stars.There are always a few men like meIn this worldWho are house-sitting for God.We share His royal duties:I water each day a favorite potted plantOf His--This

It Has Not Rained Light - Hafiz

2006-04-11T09:59:00.000+01:00

It has not rained light for many days.The wells in most eyes lookDrought-stricken.Thus friends are not easy to findIn this barrenPlaceWhere most everyone has become illFrom guardingNothing.On this primal caravanCareers and cities can appear real in thisintenseDesert heat,But I say to my close ones,"Don't get lost in them,It has not rained light there for days.Look, most everyone is diseasedFrom '

My sweet crushed Angel - Hafiz

2006-04-10T09:48:00.000+01:00

You have not danced so badly, my dear,Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One.You have waltzed with great style,My sweet, crushed angel,To have ever neared God's Heart at all.Our Partner is notoriously difficult to follow,And even His best musicians are not always easyTo hear.So what if the music has stopped for a while.So whatIf the price of admission to the DivineIs out of reach tonight.So

Announcement: End of this season

2006-04-09T07:22:00.000+01:00

Peace ......This season has drawn to a close... Inshallah [God-willing] I will be back soon................but! .... until then ...why not watch a bit of genius at work!...the two videos below [probably by a couple of Japanese students] ..is a display of ingenuity, skill, creativity and inventiveness....or... erm... what happens if you become extremely bored!....warning it is complusive viewing..

Chinese season: Quote

2006-04-09T07:14:00.000+01:00

"To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon."- Traditional Chinese Proverb ... this quote has become a favourite of mine... I dedicate it to my friends... the friends I lost... new friends I gained... the friends I met in my dreams... and finally future

Chinese season: Quote

2006-04-08T16:39:00.000+01:00

"We must give the love we had for each other, to the person whom Fate has given us." - Cui Yingying, Tang Dynasty

Chinese season: Excerpt - The Art of War

2006-04-08T08:57:00.000+01:00

The principle of unity of commandThus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. He will win who has

Chinese season: Quote

2006-04-08T08:41:00.000+01:00

" The nature of man is evil; his goodness is acquired. "-Xun Zi, Warring States Period

Chinese season: Quote

2006-04-04T15:54:00.000+01:00

"Envy arises often from a narrow heart"- Traditional Chinese Proverb

Chinese season: Wisdom stories

2006-04-04T08:53:00.000+01:00

The Phoney Musician King Hsuan of the State of Ch’i was very fond of the Yu.He recruited as many as three hundred players to his Yu orchestra.A certain Mr Nan Kuo, who did not know how to play the Yu,pretended to be a good player, and applied for a place in the Kings orchestra.He was admitted, and drew a handsome salary. During the

Chinese season: Medicine

2006-04-04T07:56:00.000+01:00

The Five Organ NetworksLiver: The liver marks the beginning of cyclical action, the stirring of spring yang which all living things rely upon as a catalyst for their growth. By avoiding outbursts of anger and by fostering this particular type of yang energy, your prenatal qi will keep generating forever. The liver is also in charge of color; if its qi is in harmony, the body will exhibit a

Chinese season: Wisdom stories

2006-04-03T06:31:00.000+01:00

Spear vs. Shield Once upon a time, there was a street vendor, who sold spears and shields.He would raise one of his shields and shout to the passers-by: ‘My shield is strong enough to block the sharpest spear.’ He would then raise one of his spears and say: ‘My spear is so sharp, it can easily pierce the strongest shield.’ One day, a man, hearing is his boastful words,

Chinese season: Quote

2006-04-03T06:12:00.000+01:00

" A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood"- Tradition Chinese Proverb

Chinese season: Words of wisdom

2006-04-02T08:56:00.000+01:00

The Joy of FishesChuang Tzu and Hui Tzu Were crossing Hao river By the dam. Chuang said:"See how free The fishes leap and dart;That is their happiness."Hui replied:"Since you are not a fish How do you know What makes fishes happy?" Chaung said: "Since you are not I How can you possibly know That I do not know What makes fishes happy?"Hui argued: "If I, not being you,Cannot know

Chinese season: Quote

2006-04-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

" A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song" - Tradional Chinese Proverb

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-30T06:53:00.000+01:00

浮雲終日行遊子久不至三夜頻夢君情親見君意告歸常局促苦道來不易江湖多風波舟楫恐失墜出門搔白首若負平生志冠蓋滿京華斯人獨憔悴孰云網恢恢將老身反累千秋萬歲名寂寞身後事 Clouds drifting the whole day; a traveller travelling who never arrives. Three nights you have been in my dreams; as your friend, I knew your mind. You say your return is always harrowing; your coming, a hard coming; Rivers, lakes, so many waves; in your boat you fear overturning. Going out the door

Chinese season: Words of wisdom

2006-03-27T18:38:00.000+01:00

The sage has nine wishes... In seeing, he wishes to see clearly In hearing, he wishes to hear distinctly In his expression, he wishes to be warm In his appearance, he wishes to be respectful In his speech, he wishes to be sincere In business, he wishes to be serious When in doubt, he wishes to inquire further When angry, he wishes to examine and

Chinese season: Martial Arts - Wushu

2006-03-18T15:56:00.000Z

Excerpt of an Interview with Chinese Muslim Grand Master Ma Xianda"Ma was born in 1932 to a Muslim family who trace their martial arts roots back six generations......Chinese Wushu is the essence of Chinese culture.... Why is this important part disappearing? In Song dynasty, they established lixue (everything is reason) and zhong wen, qing wu (heavy wen, light wu - author's note, Ma includes

Chinese season: Quote

2006-03-17T21:08:00.000Z

Quote" I wonder where sorrow comes from? "- Su Shi, Song Dynasty

Chinese season: poem

2006-03-17T21:05:00.000Z

PoemI wake to write a new poem, But it slips my mind, And then I feel the sadness of a traveller. - Zhan Fengsheng, Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chinese season: Wisdom stories

2006-03-14T07:02:00.000Z

Flight from the ShadowThere was a man who was so disturbed by the sight of his own shadow,and so displeased with his own footsteps that he determined to get rid of both.The method he hit upon was to run away from them.So he got up and ran. But every time he put his foot down there was another step,while his shadow kept up with him without the slightest difficulty.He attributed his failure to the

Chinese season: Visual moments

2006-03-12T10:36:00.000Z

Xian Masjid/Mosque

Chinese season: Quote

2006-03-12T08:58:00.000Z

Quote" Spring silkworms spin their silk and die. " - Li Shangyin, Tang Dynasty

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-12T08:34:00.000Z

PoemSorrow of sorrows,Suffering no smile,Take my hand,And stay a while.-Xie Tao, Northern Wei Dynasty

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-11T07:35:00.000Z

PoemI have given up my joy and lost my beauty,And now toss and keep to my bed.I don't care who sees me faded like this,Save him alone who brought it to pass.- Lady Cui Yingying (attrib. to her lover Yuan Zhen), Tang Dynasty

Chinese season: Words of wisdom

2006-03-11T07:03:00.000Z

One night I was a butterfly, fluttering happily around. Then I awoke, and found that I was a man.But what am I in truth?A man who dreams he is a butterfly,or a butterfly who dreams he is a man?- Zhuang Zi, Warring States Period

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-11T07:00:00.000Z

PoemAll the birds have flown up and gone;A lonely cloud floats leisurely by.We never tire of looking at each other - Only the mountain and I. -Li Bo, Tang Dynasty

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-10T10:45:00.000Z

PoemI knew my mind,I guessed your heart,But love must answer Heaven. - Li Yu, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-08T07:09:00.000Z

PoemThe light fades from the Sun and Moon,Sorrow troubles my heart like a stain on my clothes,Silently I wonder: if only I could fly away.- Books of Songs, Zhou Dynasty

Chinese season: Wisdom stories

2006-03-07T08:49:00.000Z

Hung Ku Chiang Chih, Learns to play ChessMaster Chiu was the best chess player in the country. No one could beat him.He coached two young admirers who wanted to learn this table game from him. One of them concentrated on what he was taught.The other seemed to be watching the chessboard, but his mind was wandering. He was always daydreaming about wild geese hovering overhead in the blue sky.‘How

Chinese season: Quote

2006-03-07T07:32:00.000Z

Quote" With a strong heart and ready mindWhat have I to fear?Since I know there is no escape from death,Let me not cling to a foolish love of life " - Chu Yuan, Zhou Dynasty

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-06T08:41:00.000Z

PoemA brooch, two pearls in tortoise-shell,Entwined with jade the jeweller's art,Now I hear you have another,Hurt, I twist my gift apart,Burned and broken, Wind blows ashes,Never tell who broke my heart.- Yue-fu: Nineteen Ancient Poems, Han Dynasty

Chinese season: Words of wisdom

2006-03-05T07:39:00.000Z

Words of wisdomGain and lossLingyuan said to the Confucian sage Cheng Yi:Calamity can produce fortune, fortune can produce calamity. This is because when one is in situations of disaster and danger, one is earnest in taking thought for safety, and when one is deeply immersed in seeking out order, one is capable of seriousness and discretion - therefore good fortune is born, and it is fitting.When

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-04T10:38:00.000Z

PoemThe mountain road is steep,The stone paths dangerous,But it is not the road that pains me,It is my love for you.- Yu Xuanzhi (attrib. Li Yi), Tang Dynasty

Chinese season: Quote

2006-03-03T07:27:00.000Z

Quote" How sad it is to find no one of like mind. "- Xie Lingyuan, Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chinese season: Poem

2006-03-02T07:32:00.000Z

PoemAlone I sit amid the dark bamboo,Playing my lute and whistling a song,No one knows I am in the deep forest,Only the shining moon comes to visit.- Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty

Chinese season: Quote

2006-03-01T14:15:00.000Z

Quote" Fame is empty "- Tao Qian, Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chinese season: Poem

2006-02-27T10:42:00.000Z

PoemI sing a sad song,Instead of weeping,Stare into the distance,Instead of returning;Thinking of my homeland,So many memories,I want to go back,But no one is home;I want to cross the river,But there is no boat;I cannot utter the thoughts in my heart,My belly churns like grinding wheels.- Yue Fu: Nineteen Ancient Poems, Han Dynasty

Chinese season: Quote

2006-02-26T12:34:00.000Z

Quote "There is no red gold. There is no perfect man."-Traditional Chinese proverb

Chinese season: Poem

2006-02-25T10:00:00.000Z

PoemThe night is long, I cannot sleepThe shining Moon gleams in my eyesI thought I heard someone call my nameIn vain, I answer the empty air. - Yue-fu: Zi Ye Songs, Southern Dynasties

Credit is for Allah - Praise is for Allah

2006-02-18T18:30:00.000Z

Oh Allah in your beautiful name I begin,Oh Allah you are the Most-Givingand the least thanked for itOh Allah you are the Most-Generousand the least remembered for itOh Allah you are the Most-Kindand the least acknowledged for itOh Allah you are the Most-Richand the least honoured for itOh Allah you are the Most-Creativeand the least accredited for itOh Allah you are the source of all Good and

To everything ... turn, turn, turn

2006-02-17T11:06:00.000Z

Quote For everything there is a season,And a time for every matter under heaven:A time to be born, and a time to die;A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;A time to kill, and a time to heal;A time to break down, and a time to build up;A time to weep, and a time to laugh;A time to mourn, and a time to dance;A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;A time

Oh you Arabian splendour... come let's fly from here

2005-12-31T22:15:00.000Z

Steed of wonderI can only gazeAstonished at the pure work of art that you areOh stallion of lovely powerYou have charged your way into my heartMy floating soul has mounted upon your fine linesMy eyes are mesmerized upon your gorgeous proportionsIndeed you are so well madeCome let’s flyLet us gallop upon your enigmatic energyI am weary of this placeLet us stride magnificentlyLet us trot

Announcement: The cup is now empty

2005-12-31T17:53:00.000Z

...Bismilah...I am done with this blog..... I don't think I have much more to share... I hope whoever passed or passes by has benefitted and benefits from it.I might come back some time to post something... then again I might not.Praise is for Allah.... Credit is for Allah... the more I shared... the more Allah gave me.......thank you Allah you have been so good to me.Peace.

Would that I were ..'rare as red sulphur'...ya Allah

2005-12-31T17:45:00.000Z

THE SHARIAH AND THE AWLIYABy Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani r.a.An excerpt from an address by Gousul-Asam Muhyuddin Abdul Qadir Gilani, r.a. from the book The Endowment of Divine Grace and Spread of Divine Mercy [Al-Fathu Rabbani] translated by Muhammad M. Al-AkiliChild, your yearning for God Almighty is not true, nor do you truly seek Him. One who professes to follow God's will while he is calling

Poem: Adieu fond love

2005-12-31T17:39:00.000Z

Adieu, fond love farewell,You wanton powers,I am free again;Thou dull disease of blood and idle hours,Bewitching pain,Fly to fools,That sigh away their time!My nobler love to heaven climb,And there behold beauty still young,That time can ne'er corrupt,Nor death destroy,Immortal sweetness by fair angels sung,And honoured with th'eternity of joy!There lives my thoughts;Thither my hopes aspire.Fond

Poem: Woods, rocks and mountains

2005-12-31T17:30:00.000Z

Woods, rocks and mountains,And you desert places,Where nought but bitter cold and hunger dwells,Hear a poor soul's last will,Killed with disgraces,Slide softly while I sing,You silvan fountains,And let your hollow waters like sad bells,Ring to my woes,Whilst miserable I,Lamenting my fortunes,Drop,Drop,Drop a tear and die.Griefs, woes and groanings,Hopes and all such lies,I give to broken hearts

I was dead - Rumi

2005-12-31T17:20:00.000Z

I Was Dead -by Rumi i was dead i came alive i was tears i became laughter all because of love when it arrived my temporal life from then on changed to eternal love said to me you are not crazy enough you don't fit this house i went and became crazy crazy enough to be in chains love said you are not intoxicated enough you don't fit the group i went and got drunk drunk enough to overflowwith

Wisdom Stories: Voice of happiness

2005-12-30T20:32:00.000Z

The Voice of HappinessAfter Bankei had passed away, a blind man who lived near the master's temple told a friend:'Since I am blind, I cannot watch a person's face, so I must judge his character by the sound of his voice. Ordinarily when I hear someone congratulate another upon his happiness or success, I also hear a secret tone of envy. When condolence is expressed for the misfortune of another,

red thought: reflection

2005-12-30T19:53:00.000Z

I am what I am... Thank God!...I share beauty...and I have observed that sometimes......The beautiful get more love and more beautiful because of it...and that...The ugly get more sick and more ugly because of it.Allah knows best.

Quote: Rumi - Weeping

2005-12-19T18:08:00.000Z

Quote"I cry and weep before my Beloved, for that appears well pleasing to Him And in both worlds our crying and sorrowful sighs are loved by Him. Blessed is that eye that cries in the remembrance of the Beloved And blessed is the heart that is embroiled in His love. For as long as the babe does not cry, milk does not flow forth from mother breasts And as long as the clouds don't shed raindrops,

Excerpt: Tears

2005-12-19T16:51:00.000Z

ExcerptTears"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquence than ten thousand tongues. They are the messages of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, of unspeakable love. If there were wanting any argument to prove that man is not mortal, I would look for it in the strong conclusive emotions of the breast, when the soul has been deeply

Visual moments: Baby in hands

2005-12-18T00:32:00.000Z

Excerpt: Futuh Al-Ghaib - Envy

2005-12-16T21:36:00.000Z

Thirty-seventh Discoursefrom Futuh al-Ghaib - Shaykh AbdulQadir Jilani (ra) On censure of envy The Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him, and grant him contentment) said:Why, O believer, do I see you envying your neighbor his food and his drink, his clothes, his wife, his home, his enjoyment of his wealth and the blessings of his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) and the portion allotted to

Dua: Forgiveness

2005-12-16T19:52:00.000Z

La illaha illa Anta Subhanak, inni kuntu min adh-dhaalimeen There is no God but you [Oh Allah], Glory be to you, Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers..ameen [surah al-Anbiya 21:87]

Quote: One Love

2005-12-12T20:06:00.000Z

Quote"One Love One HeartLet’s get together and feel all rightHear the children cryin’ One LoveHear the children cryin’ One HeartSayin’ Give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel all rightSayin’ Let’s get together and feel all right"- Bob Marley