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• I See so Deeply Within Myself

  see so deeply within myself.
  Not needing my eyes, I can see everything clearly.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines
• There Are A Hundred Kinds Of Prayer (Quatrain in Farsi with English Translation)

  Today, like every day, we are ruined, ruined (by "wine").
  Don't open the door of worry, but take up the lute!

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 8 lines
• Keep Up Your Promise

  Take my arm
  and keep up your promise!

  by Mirabai 13 lines
• Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 03 - Pre Autumn

  "On the departure of rainy season bechanced is autumn with a heart-pleasingly bloomed lotus as her face, betokening the heart-pleasing face of a new bride, and

  by Kalidasa 26 lines
• Krishna Questions His Hair Braid Not Growing

  Mother, when will my hair-braid grow?
  milk you said will make it grow,

  by Sant Surdas 12 lines
• Oh that I might capture

  Oh that I might capture the essence of this deep midwinter night
  And fold it softly into the waft of a spring-moon quilt,

  by Hwang Chin-i 7 lines
• The Breeze at Dawn

  The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
  Don't go back to sleep.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 8 lines
• My body, in its withering

  My body, in its withering, may become a lovely swallow.
  Under the eaves of my loved one's home I'll build my nest of twigs.

  by Anonymous Asian 3 lines, 6 comments
• The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1 - 250 (Whinfield Translation)

  1.
  At dawn a cry through all the tavern shrilled,

  by Omar Khayyam 1250 lines
• Unbreakable

  Unbreakable, O Lord,
  Is the love

  by Mirabai 15 lines
• Sleep

  Sleep has not visited me the whole night,
  Will the dawn ever come?

  by Mirabai 13 lines
• A Ball of Snow

  you make the fire
  and I’ll show you something wonderful:

  by Matsuo Basho 4 lines, 8 comments
• A Cow and a Goat

  There was a verdant pasture somewhere
  Whose land was the very picture of beauty

  by Muhammed Iqbal 58 lines, 6 comments
• Krishna Complains About His Older Brother

  O mother mine, Dau (Balram)forever teases me.
  you never gave birth to me,

  by Sant Surdas 23 lines, 1 comment
• Eightfold Fence.

  Eightfold rising clouds
  build an eightfold fence

  by Anonymous Asian 8 lines, 2 comments
• Mira Danced with Ankle Bells

  Mira danced with ankle-bells on her feet.
  People said Mira was mad; my mother-in-law

  by Mirabai 10 lines
• This Aloneness

  This aloneness is worth more than a thousand lives.
  This freedom is worth more than all the lands on earth.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines, 2 comments
• Poem 6

  TELL me, O Swan, your ancient tale.
  From what land do you come, O Swan? to what shore will you fly?

  by Kabir 7 lines
• There is a Community of Spirit

  There is a community of the spirit.
  Join it, and feel the delight

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 9 lines
• The Seed Market

  Can you find another market like this?
  Where,

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 30 lines
• Not Here

  There's courage involved if you want
  to become truth.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 12 lines, 1 comment
• Listen

  Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening,
  kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night.

  by Mirabai 12 lines
• The Dagger

  The dagger of love has pierced my heart.
  I was going to the river to fetch water,

  by Mirabai 12 lines
• Awake O! Prince Of Braj

  Awake, Krishna,
  awake the lotus-petals

  by Sant Surdas 14 lines, 6 comments
• Mind, I have a question for you

  Mind, I have a question for you — How is it you stay so young?
  As the years pile up on my body, you too should grow old.

  by So Kyongdok 3 lines, 2 comments
• The Cloud Messenger - Part 02

  Your naturally beautiful reflection will gain entry into the clear waters of the
  Gambhira River, as into a clear mind. Therefore it is not fitting that you, ou

  by Kalidasa 111 lines
• My pony and I

  My pony and I go to Songdo,
  where Koryo reigned five hundred years.

  by Kil Chae 7 lines, 1 comment
• If you Want What Visible Reality

  If you want what visible reality
  can give, you're an employee.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 8 lines, 1 comment
• The Monk Saigyo

  Should I blame the moon
  For bringing forth this sadness,

  by Saigyo 5 lines, 4 comments
• A Sake Barrel

  A sake barrel,
  Born without hands, makes merry —

  by Ihara Saikaku 4 lines, 3 comments

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