The Realm of Zeal
Everything comes up roses in our sphere, rapture, zeal, and joy… So enraptured that We’re oblivious to spring…
Literature & Languages
119 articles
Storm of Change
It was one of the first days of spring when a butterfly appeared in our forest. She was…
Surprise Farewell
Death is a guest at our door, uninvited To some it brings bliss, to others perdition Suddenly shows…
The Flower’s Song
The humble flower swaying free, Bent down in prayer as winds blow by. No glimpse of greed or…
The Heart of a Child
Caught in a child’s hand, the seashell becomes treasure, a catalyst of daydreams. Tunes hummed by innocence reach…
Ebru or Water Marbling
After the “Sacred Word” was expressed in writing, it met with the refined taste in art. As a…
Continuous Beauty
Everywhere is your Beauty, wherever I look, in whatever I see, Dancing in the enchantment of Your love,…
Translation of Sufi Poetry
The misunderstanding and the misconception by some Western readers that Sufi poetry is strongly tinged with sensuality and…
Universal Signs
The old globe speaks on its own, Looks ecstatic with a Godly gown, With spangled Paradise all around,…
Never
To the soul of Yunus Once the heart has found You, Would it ever remember another? Once it…
In an Author’s Mind
Rational, Romantic, and Regular were three roommates. They were all new writers with splendid ambitions. They all dreamt…
Ode no XXXI from Bang-i-D’rra
Every object is at strife in the desire to “be” Churning in time, “the process of becoming” Every…
Knocking on Your Door
Open your door as a compliment, make your slave happy, Serve my spirit chants from the tongues of…
Black Locks
You shot me in the heart, set me on fire, The only rose of my fate, sweet musk-scented…
When Zero Died
Long, long ago, in a far away world that was inhabited by numbers, it was a clear dawn…