Then you and the owner of the world are equivalent..! ~ Imam al-Shafi’i

No sadness lasts forever
nor any felicity

Nor any state of poverty 
or one of luxury.

If you are the owner
of a heart that is content

Then you
and the owner of the world
are equivalent..!


~ Imam al-Shafi’i

Pearl..by Rumi

High in heaven 
is a pearl.

And the pearl 
is you.

~ Rumi

If you....by Rumi

If you distance yourself 
only for an hour
from your endless thoughts
what do you think will happen

if you let yourself sink
just like a fish
into the ocean of our love
what do you think will happen

You are merely
a piece of straw
and we are
that eternal amber

If you leap forth
from your lowly house
to fuse with the amber
what do you think will happen

A hundred times
you've promised yourself
to depart from self-claim
to be humble as earth

Only for once
if you keep your word
what do you think will happen

You're a precious
hidden diamond
sunken in the mud

If you wash away
all that impurity
from your gorgeous face
what do you think will happen

If you abandon
for a little while
your ego and greed
tear down your shield
rise with a quest
to unite with the divine
what do you think will happen

~ Rumi
Ghazal number 844,
translated by Nader Khalili.
Art by Rassouli

May these vows and this marriage be blessed...by Rumi

May these vows and this marriage be blessed. 
May it be sweet milk, 
this marriage, like wine and halvah. 

May this marriage offer fruit and shade 
like the date palm.

May this marriage be full of laughter,
our every day a day in paradise.

May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
a seal of happiness here and hereafter.

May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,
an omen as welcomes the moon in a clear blue sky.

I am out of words to describe
how spirit mingles in this marriage.

~ Rumi
Kulliyat-i-Shams 2667

My heart is your student, it studies love..by Rumi

My heart is your student, 
it studies love,

And, like the night, 
waits at the gates of dawn.

Where I go,
I follow where love’s face leads.

Because oil flows to the flame,
that it feeds.

~ Rumi

When you love, love with a love ..by Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali

When you love, 
love with a love 
that draws you close
For you do not know: 
when will you depart ?

And when you hate,
hate without turning away
For you do not know
when you will return

Be a source of perseverance
and forgive the harm
For you will soon see
and hear what you worked

~ Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali