drum-sound rises on the air,
its throb, my heart.

a voice inside the beats says
'i know you are tired, but come.  this is the way.'
                             -rumi
rumi

hafiz
jon anderson
goethe
pushkin
nezami
look at love
how it tangles
with the one fallen in love

my beloved grows
right out of my own heart
how much more union can there be
                                          
                                           -rumi
on this island of life,
you are the sea,
you are the sky
you are the ocean.
i am the earth,

i am the island of your love.

                       -jon anderson
tonight, i'm in so deep in the pain of loving you,
my broken heart's sorrows are deep,
painful, disturbed, broken.
if you don't believe me
send your thoughts,
and you'll see
how your love
has taken away my sleep...
                                             
                                         -hafiz
and i dreamed of hours
with joy o'erflowing,
golden, truly blest,
while your image
so beloved
was glowing
deep within my breast...
                                    
                           -goethe
one day your heart
will take you to your lover.
one day you soul
will carry you to the beloved.
dont' get lost in your pain,
know that one day,
your pain will become your cure.
                                         -
rumi
tell my friend that ...this worldly life is much shorter than what we think...

as my rumi says:
"come and be with me now that you can
before one of us is gone

will you come to kiss my grave after i'm dead? well, i'm the same person, come and kiss my face now

now, just pretend that i'm dead and come be friend again"

please forgive me....
i loved you silently, without hope, fully,
in diffidence, in jealousy, in pain;
i loved you so tenderly and truly,
as let you else be loved by any man

                                         - pushkin
every breeze that blows, brings your scent to me;
every bird that sings, calls out your name to me;
every dream that appears, brings your face to me;
every glance at your face, has left its trace with me;
i am yours, i am yours, whether near or far;
your grief is mine, all mine, wherever you are.

                          -nezami...majnoon for leili

let us be like two stars in the day sky.
let no one know of our sublime beauty
as we hold hands and burn into a sacred existence that defies - that surpasses
every description of exstacy...and love
                                                                                                             -hafiz
if there is one thought wise and clear in my head, it's you
poor as i am, all i have that is dear, is you.

no matter how deep i look at myslef, i'm nothing.
anything i am entirely is you.
since it's impossioble to take my heart from you
it's better to surrender it to the desire of your love

if i dont give up my heart to the passion and sorrow of loving you,
what do i do with the heart? what is the point of even having a heart?