Love is reckless; not reason.

Reason seeks a profit.

Love comes on strong,

consuming herself, unabashed.

Yet, in the midst of suffering,

Love proceeds like a millstone,

hard surfaced and straightforward.

Having died of self-interest,

she risks everything and asks for nothing.

Love gambles away every gift God bestows.

Without cause God gave us Being;

without cause, give it back again.

-Rumi-

Good Poetry makes
The universe
Admit a secret:
"I am really just
A tambourine,
Grab hold,
Play me against
Your warm
thigh."
~Hafiz~

Al Asma Al Husna

The (99) Most Beautiful Names of the Divine

I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty,
and wish to see you with a hundred eyes.
I am in the house of mercy,
and my heart is a place of prayer.
-Rumi-

Heart and love have become friends. ~Rumi

The real beloved is your beginning and your end.
When you find that one,
you'll no longer expect anything else.
~Rumi (qas)

NIGHT OF SAWA

Join us, this Friday @ The Nur Center for another NIGHT OF SAWA Open Mic Poetry & Music Event! Bring an original piece or one of your faves by another artist, we look forward to having you join us!    :)

What a song this flute is singing,

by Allah, it is my heart’s melody!

each wail of this divine instrument

strikes a chord deep within my soul

each tune carrying vibrations of the feelings

I carried while dragging my battered feet

on the path to the Divine

I am no longer lonely

my heart has sold itself

submitting to the Master

if you’ve sold your heart as well

then bring your drum.

let’s make music together.

we shall sing praises all night

under the stars,

thanking Him for sending us the moon

-maryam.noori-

"I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer."

-Bayazid Bastami (qs)

Jashn E Bahaaraa

Beautiful song...heard it at a friend's wedding recently. Not into Bollywood, but this one hits the spot. The flute is intoxicating... 

May we all be in remembrance of the Divine, Ameen!

fret not, my friend
this world cannot contain
the marvels of your heart.

let the egos mistake
the jewels for scraps.

better a slave of the Divine
than prince of the temporal world.

-maryam.noori-

Oh, my friend,
all that you see of me
is just a shell,
and the rest belongs to love.
~Rumi~

Praise be to He

For granting the gift

Of Divine union.

Love’s initiation

Extended it’s hand

That night.

What felt like centuries of

Anguished, tireless knocking

On God’s door

Came to rest on that eve

Of my soul’s rebirth.

This lowly servant yearned for the touch of mercy

More than any worldly desire.

With this, the Gracious perched me at the

Doorstep of the Sultan of Friends.

Praise be to He

For lighting the path

And making the

Guide clear.

Enter the dominion of the Beloved

And you shall never dream of leaving.

-maryam.noori-

From the beginning of my life,
I have been looking for your face,
but today, I’ve seen it.
Today I have seen the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace of the face
that I was looking for.
-Rumi-

My heart has burned with passion

and has searched forever for
this wondrous beauty that I now behold.

-Rumi-



Alhamdulillah!  :-D

Shaykh Nazim

(qas)

let our hearts dance and our souls sway

bring drum

bring lute

i've brought my ney

the Divine is remembered

in this nightly soiree

dear friend

our carnival of Love is here to stay

-maryam.noori-