Heavenly fruits spring forth from the virgin winter - Zikr Allah,7:30 pm February 27, 2016

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one by one
our friends
filled with joy and quest
begin to arrive

one by one our friends
the worshipers of ecstasy
begin to arrive

more friends and sweethearts
filling you with love
are on their way

darlings of spring
journeying from gardens
begin to arrive

one by one
living their destiny
in this world

the ones who are gone are gone
but the ones who survived
begin to arrive

all their pockets
filled with gold
from endless treasures

bringing gifts
for the needy of the world
begin to arrive

the weak and the exhausted
the frightened by love
will be gone

the rejuvenated
the healthy and happy
begin to arrive

the pure souls
like the spectrums
of the shining sun

descending from the high heavens
to lowly earth
begin to arrive


luscious and happy
the blessed garden
whose heavenly fruits

spring forth
from the virgin winter
begin to arrive

those who are born
from the roots
of generosity and love

taking a journey
from paradise to paradise
begin to arrive

-- Ghazal 891
Translation by Nader Khalili
"Rumi -- Fountain of Fire"
Cal-Earth Press, 1994

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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle taking a journey from paradise to paradise

Zikr, followed by sohbet and treats

February 27,2016  at 7:30 pm

1000 Urlin Ave. Apt 1021

Grandview Heights OH 43212  

 

Contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or hilal1001@sbcglobal.net for more information 

 

 

Wrong address on Rumis Urs post 2070 Ridgecliff Rd. Upper Arlington is correct

Celebrate Rumi’s Urs, the Wedding Night
7:30 pm, December 17, 2015
Covenant Presbyterian Church
2070 Ridgecliff Rd. Upper Arlington OH 43221

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Mevlana
died December 17, 1273 AD, 5 Jumadhi II, 672 AH
Konya, Turkey

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When you see my hearse, don’t cry, "He’s gone, gone!"
Remember, union and encounter are mine in that hour.

When you commit me to the grave, don’t say: "Goodbye,
goodbye."
The grave is a curtain concealing the community of
Paradise.

After looking upon descent, consider resurrection;
To the sun and moon, is setting a calamity?

To you death is a setting; in truth it’s a rising.
Though the grave seems like a prison, it comes as the
soul’s release.

Shut your mouth on this side of death, open in beyond.
Your song will be triumphant in nowhere’s air.

from James Cowan's translation in
Rumi’s Divan of Shems of Tabriz, Selected Odes
Element Books Limited 1997

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The Columbus Sufi Circle invites all to j
the celebration of the death day of Mevlana,
his Union with the Beloved.
There will be singing, dancing, poetry, desserts.
Music from Voice of Anatolia and Seventh House Moon
If you’d like; bring a Rumi poem to share, a dessert.

And come dressed for dancing!

For more information contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or mailto:hilal1001@sbcglobal.net

Correcting mistaken address! Rumi's Urs, December 17. 2015, 7:30 pm; Covenant Presbyterian Chirch

Celebrate Rumi’s Urs, the Wedding Night
7:30 pm, December 17, 2015
Covenant Presbyterian Church
2070 Ridgecliff Rd. Upper Arlington OH 43221

Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Mevlana
died December 17, 1273 AD, 5 Jumadhi II, 672 AH
Konya, Turkey

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

When you see my hearse, don’t cry, "He’s gone, gone!"
Remember, union and encounter are mine in that hour.

When you commit me to the grave, don’t say: "Goodbye,
goodbye."
The grave is a curtain concealing the community of
Paradise.

After looking upon descent, consider resurrection;
To the sun and moon, is setting a calamity?

To you death is a setting; in truth it’s a rising.
Though the grave seems like a prison, it comes as the
soul’s release.

Shut your mouth on this side of death, open in beyond.
Your song will be triumphant in nowhere’s air.

from James Cowan's translation in
Rumi’s Divan of Shems of Tabriz, Selected Odes
Element Books Limited 1997

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Columbus Sufi Circle invites all to j
the celebration of the death day of Mevlana,
his Union with the Beloved.
There will be singing, dancing, poetry, desserts.
Music from Voice of Anatolia and Seventh House Moon
If you’d like; bring a Rumi poem to share, a dessert.

And come dressed for dancing!

For more information contact Hilal at 614-446-3337 or mailto:hilal1001@sbcglobal.net