Category Archives: Rubāʿī

Quatrain 62 of the Rubaiyat of Rumi [w/ Audio]

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If you desire the self, get out of the self.
   Leave the shallow stream behind
   And flow into the river deep and wide.
 Don't be an ox pulling the wheel of the plow,
   Turn with the stars that wheel above you.

As translated in: Helminski, Kabir (ed.). 2018. The Pocket Rumi. Boulder, CO: Shambhala South Asia Editions. p. 4; translators: Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski, and Lida Saedian

POEM: Pangong Tso [Ruba’i]

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the parting clouds divulged a deep blue sky
and lapping waves were proof that time passed by
but only so gently that I couldn't say
if time ran true or told a subtle lie

POEM: EXPLORE! [a Rubāʿī]

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Go seek the ill-trodden pathway,
the well-sheltered cove, strait, or bay —
the inn where few have known to stay,
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isles known only to castaways.