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• How Long

  How long will you think about this painful life?
  How long will you think about this harmful world?

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 5 lines
• Poem 5

  PLAYED day and night with my comrades, and now I am greatly afraid.
  So high is my Lord's palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy,

  by Kabir 5 lines
• Come To My Pavilion

  Come to my pavilion, O my King.
  I have spread a bedmade of

  by Mirabai 9 lines, 1 comment
• Krishna Crawling

  Chuckling, Kanha came crawling,
  Trying to catch His reflection

  by Sant Surdas 11 lines
• Any Lifetime

  Any lifetime that is spent without seeing the master
  Is either death in disguise or a deep sleep.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines, 2 comments
• A Mountain Station

  I bought a run a while ago,
  On country rough and ridgy,

  by 52 lines
• Late, by Myself

  Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
  no light and no land anywhere,

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 6 lines, 1 comment
• Poem 8

  THE river and its waves are one
  surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves?

  by Kabir 6 lines
• Any Soul That Drank the Nectar

  Any soul that drank the nectar of your passion was lifted.
  From that water of life he is in a state of elation.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines
• Krishna Approaches Radha

  Krishna said, 'O fair beauty, who are you?
  Where do you live? Whose daughter are you?

  by Sant Surdas 13 lines
• Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 01

  I heard a padshah giving orders to kill a prisoner. The helpless
  fellow began to insult the king on that occasion of despair, with

  by Sa di 32 lines, 1 comment
• Not Intrigued With Evening

  What the material world values does
  not shine the same in the truth of the soul.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 16 lines
• Dialogue Souldn't Cease (With English Translation)

  Some vow of loyalty, fully moulded, will arrive by the morn;
  the love will arrive, albeit limping, yet it certainly will;

  by Ali Sardar Jafri 55 lines
• The Dark One Is Krishna

  Thick overhead
  clouds of the monsoon,

  by Mirabai 16 lines, 1 comment
• There is a life-force within your soul

  There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.
  There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines
• The Self We Share

  Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter
  with bread.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 46 lines, 2 comments
• Having Seen Them Long

  Having seen them long,
  I hold the flowers so dear

  by Saigyo 5 lines, 7 comments
• A drum beats

  A drum beats in the far temple; I think it's in the clouds.
  Is it above the meadow and hill, perhaps below the sky?

  by Anonymous Asian 3 lines, 5 comments
• Poem 15

  LAMPS burn in every house, O blind one! and you cannot see them.
  One day your eyes shall suddenly be opened, and you shall see: and the fetters of death will f

  by Kabir 8 lines
• The First Meeting Of Radha And Krishna

  Krishna went playing in the lanes of Braj,
  a yellow silk garment round his waist,

  by Sant Surdas 18 lines
• The Arrow of His Glance

  Friend, the arrow of his glance struck
  my eyes;

  by Mirabai 12 lines
• Chapter 9 - The Seven Selves

  In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whisper:
  First Self: Her

  by Khalil Gibran 18 lines
• Your Slander Is Sweet

  Rana, to me your slander is sweet.
  Some praise me, some blame me. I

  by Mirabai 21 lines
• Nanda's Darling Child

  Who can contain his joy, say, on seeing the lotus-like lovely face of Nanda's darling child when he awakes?
  His beauty infatuates sages,and destroys the prid

  by Sant Surdas 4 lines
• Poem 9

  WHERE Spring, the lord of the seasons, reigneth, there the Unstruck Music sounds of itself,
  There the streams of light flow in all directions;

  by Kabir 11 lines
• In the End

  In the end, the mountains of imagination were nothing
  but a house.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 5 lines
• Poem 7

  O LORD Increate, who will serve Thee?
  Every votary offers his worship to the God of his own creation: each day he receives service--

  by Kabir 7 lines
• Breakfast

  O Hari, 'tis morn, awake, there's water in the jar for you to wash your face no need to hurry there's plenty of time.
  I'll bring you whatever you like for yo

  by Sant Surdas 4 lines
• If You Show Patience

  If you show patience, I'll rid you of this virtue.
  If you fall asleep, I'll rub the sleep from your eyes.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines, 1 comment
• You Personify God's Message

  You personify God's message.
  You reflect the King's face.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines

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