No end, no end to the journey...by Rumi

No end, no end to the journey
no end, no end never

How can the heart in love
ever stop opening

If you love me,
you won't just die once

In every moment
you will die into me
to be reborn

Into this new love,
die

Your way begins
on the other side
become the sky

Take an axe
to the prison wall,
escape

Walk out like someone
suddenly born into color
do it now

~ Rumi
From Secret Language:
Rumi A Celebration in Song (Music CD),
by Ramananda

We're friends with one ...by Rumi

We're friends with one 
who kills us, 
who gives us to the ocean waves. 

We love this death. 
Only ignorance says, 
Put it off a while, 
day after tomorrow. 

Don't avoid the knife.
This friend only seems fierce,
bringing your soul more range,
perching your falcon
on a cliff of the wind.

Jesus on his cross,
Hallaj on his
those absurd killings
hold a secret.

Cautious cynics know
what they're doing
with every moment and why.

Submit to love without thinking,
as the sun this morning rose recklessly
extinguishing our star-candle minds.

~ Rumi
Version by Coleman Barks
"The Soul of Rumi"
HarperSanFrancisco, 2001 

Every moment a voice from out of this world calls on our soul to wake up and rise..by Rumi

Every moment
a voice from out of this world
calls on our soul to wake up and rise

This soul of ours is like a flame
with more smoke than light
blackening our vision
letting no light through

Lessen the smoke and
more light brightens your house
the house you dwell in now
and the abode
you'll eventually move to

Now my precious soul
how long are you going to
waste yourself
in this wandering journey

Can't you hear the voice
can't you use your swifter wings
and answer the call..!

~ Rumi
Ghazal 26,
from the Diwan-e Shams
Translation by Nader Khalili
"Rumi, Fountain of Fire"
Cal-Earth Press, 1994