Nothing Matters

Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all.

Hafez

I
Have
Learned
So much from God
That I can no longer
Call
Myself
A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim
A Buddhist, a Jew.
The Truth has shared so much of itself
With me
That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel
Or even pure
Soul.
Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me
Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.

Rumi

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

I believe...

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Life...

Your life is made up of years that mean nothing; Moments that mean all.

Go...

It doesn't matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.

Rumi

Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?

شب قدر

شبی کان دلبر عیار با ماست نه یک شب ، صد شب قدراست ما را

Beauties...

Go sweep out the chamber of your heart.
Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved.
When you depart out, He will enter it.
In you, void of yourself, will He display His beauties.

Dignity

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

Do not...

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

The richest...

The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.

not-so-subconscious

when I'm complacently

resting on my laurels,

a dream is interjected

into my not-so-subconscious,

often not too subtly

giving me the awakening

that I needed

Awakened

Awakened by your love,

I flicker like a candle's light

tryin to hold on in the dark.

Yet, you spare me no blows

and keep asking,

"Why do you complain?"

find...

Out of clutter, find simplicity.

From discord, find harmony.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity

Values

It's not hard to make decisions

when you know what your values are

Aziz Mian

Give me a moment, I’ll get to your question.

It’s judgement day, so what’s the big hurry now?

Some wine first, I’ll render my accounts by and by

Love...

I am He whom I love,

and He whom I love is I:

We are two spirits

dwelling in one body.

If thou seest me,

thou seest Him,

And if thou seest Him,

thou seest us both.

Life...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Be humble!

Be humble.

Only fools take pride in their station here,

trapped in a cage of dust, moisture, heat and air.

No need to complain of calamities,

this illusion of a life lasts but a moment.

Beloved!

If you are seeking closeness to the Beloved,

love everyone.

Whether in their presence or absence,

see only their good.

If you want to be as clear and refreshing as

the breath of the morning breeze,

like the sun, have nothing but warmth and light

for everyone.

In Each Breath!

O you who have departed from your own self,

and who have not yet reached the Friend:

do not be sad, for

He is accompanying you in each of your breaths

Knowledge!

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of mystery

the sun...

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

Do...

Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.

Mind!

Ten thousand flowers in spring,

the moon in autumn,

a cool breeze in summer,

snow in winter.

If your mind isn't clouded

by unnecessary things,

this is the best season of your life.

Little I ask...

Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone,

(A very plain brown stone will do,)

That I may call my own;

And close at hand is such a one,

In yonder street that fronts the sun.

Charlie Chaplin

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Quite at rest

Quite empty, quite at rest,

The Robin locks her Nest, and tries her Wings.
She does not know a Route

But puts her Craft about

For rumored Springs

She does not ask for Noon

She does not ask for Boon,

Crumbless and homeless, of but one request

The Birds she lost

Nietzsche

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself

Dream

Follow your dream.

Take one step at a time and don't settle for less,

Just continue to climb.

Follow your dream.

If you stumble, don't stop and lose sight of your goal

Press to the top.

For only on top can we see the whole view,

Can we see what we've done and what we can do;

Can we then have the vision to seek something new,

Press on.

Follow your dream.

My brother...

It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!

To see...

Learn to see things backwards, inside out and upside down.

One minute ago!

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

لاله گون

حسن تو هميشه در فزون باد

رويت همه ساله لاله گون باد

اندر سر ما خيال عشقت

هر روز كه باد در فزون باد

دریای بی خورشید

شناور سوی ساحل های ناپیدا

دو موج رهگذر بودیم

دو موج همسفر بودیم

گریز ما

نیاز ما

نشیب ما

فراز ما

شتاب شاد ما با هم

تلاش پاک ما توام

چه جنبش ها که ما را بود روی پرده دریا

شبی در گردبادی تند روی قله خیزاب

رها شد او ز آغوشم

جدا ماندم ز دامانش

گسست و ریخت مروارید بی پیوند مان بر آب

از آن پس در پی همزاد ناپیدا

بر این دریای بی خورشید

که روزی شب چراغش بود و می تابید

به هر ره می دوم نالان به هر سو می دوم تنها

Life

Life is too short to be little

Meet again!

We only part to meet again

تصویر تو

به انتظار تصویر تو

این دفتر خالی

تاچند

تا چند

ورق خواهد خورد؟

Life!

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in,

A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,

A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,

And never a laugh but the moans come double;

And that is life!

A crust and a corner that love makes precious,

With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;

And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,

And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;

And that is life!

!اما تو باور نکن

نامه‌ام بايد کوتاه باشد
ساده باشد
بی حرفی از ابهام و آينه
از نو برايت می‌نويسم
حال همه‌ی ما خوب است
!اما تو باور نکن

When things go wrong!

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;

When the funds are low, and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but have to sigh;

When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.

بی تابانه

چه بی تابانه می خواهمت ای دوریت آزمون تلخ زنده به گوری

... چه بی تابانه تو را طلب می کنم

Helping...

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

Two legacies

You left me, sweet, two legacies,

A legacy of love

A Heavenly Father would content,

Had He the offer of;

You left me boundaries of pain

Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,

Your consciousness and me.

How...

How do I keep melancholy from my door,

When in this beating heart sadness lies forlorn?

Should I fly to the daily happenings,

And escape from this darkened lonely room?

No surgeon could remove the damage done,

Or replace it with the joy I once knew.

Happiness, like time, is so fleeting,

And when it is gone you cannot renew.

No tomorrows can lift this burdens weight

That wraps around me like sorrows old clothes.

My eyes no longer find the tears within,

Or see the beauty in a full bloomed rose.

The cloak of despair tries to cover me,

As if to bury me in my anguish.

Leaving no relief from this burning pain,

That I could ever in life extinguish.

Lonely...

و آنگاه که می پندارم

هرگز دگر بار تو را نخواهم دید

اشکهای اندوه من فرو میریزند

و آنگاه در چشم من این زندگی

چه بی مقدار جلوه میکند

رو سر بنه به بالین تنها مرا رها کن

رو سر بنه به بالین تنها مرا رها کن
ترک من خراب شب گرد مبتلا کن
ماییم و موج سودا شب تا به روز تنها
خواهی بیا ببخشا خواهی برو جفا کن
از من گریز تا تو هم در بلا نیفتی
بگزین ره سلامت ترک ره بلا کن
ماییم و آب دیده در کنج غم خزیده
بر آب دیده ما صد جای آسیا کن
خیره کشی است ما را دارد دلی چو خارا
بکشد کسش نگوید تدبیر خونبها کن
بر شاه خوبرویان واجب وفا نباشد
ای زردروی عاشق تو صبر کن وفا کن
دردی است غیر مردن آن را دوا نباشد
پس من چگونه گویم کاین درد را دوا کن
در خواب دوش پیری در کوی عشق دیدم
با دست اشارتم کرد که عزم سوی ما کن
گر اژدهاست بر ره عشقی است چون زمرد
از برق این زمرد هی دفع اژدها کن

You can...

You can shed tears that he is gone,

or you can smile because he has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,

or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,

or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,

or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember him only that he is gone,

or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind,

be empty and turn your back.

Or you can do what he'd want:

smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

My Brother...

From day one all we did was fight,

now all I do is fight back my tears.

I wanted to do everything you did,

because I wanted to be just like you.

Now I sit here wondering what to do,

because there's no one to replace you.

I never did tell you all the things I felt,

like how much I really did love you.

I wish we could go back and start over again.

I don't want to be alone. I need my brother,

I need my best friend.

When you think of me while you are up in heaven,

Think of how much you meant to me.

Its sad that you leftwithout saying goodbye,

But just remember we all love you as you began to fly.

You did so much for me,

as I didn't do much for you.

I hope you will forgive me,

for all the things I didn't do

You were my brother and my best friend.

I will always love you no matter how long its been,

since your life came to an end.