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Subject: RUMI (JALAL AD-DIN AR-RUMI) (1207-1273)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AM I NOW WINE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And then become %in you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


AND ALL THE COLD WATCHFIRES IN ME BURN ALONE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: All that it knows is to burn
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


AND SO, MY SWEET BEGGAR KING', by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: I see there's no resting in those beggar's arms of yours
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


BACK STRAIGHT. BACK CROOKED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Never mind. Just be grateful you're capable of farting
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


BELOVED, BELOVED / I HAVE CALLED YOUR 99 NAMES, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: But my heart has melted and %I know no shame
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


BELOVED, I WILL SING OF YOU, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Only you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


BELOVED, LIKE A TIDAL WAVE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And recedes back out to sea
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


BELOVED, THIS AFTERNOON I AM SO FULL OF PAIN, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: You aren't just my stomach, are you?
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


BELOVED, WAKE ME AT NIGHT, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Then have another fig
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


COME HOME INTO MY HEART, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And wallow in the drunkeness of your love
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


CUP BEING OFFERED / WAS FINALLY ACCEPTED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And those who drink %now know the taste of love
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


DANCING IN MADNESS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: On an on, on and on
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


EACH NIGHT I THINK THAT YOU WILL LEAVE ME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: The fire of holy blood %flowing through your heart?
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


EVEN MY ANGER BELONGS TO YOU NOW, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: To let you breathe through me
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


EVERYTHING HAS BECOME WORSHIP OF YOU, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Only more deeply %knowing you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


FRIENDS OF MY HEART / DOES YOUR HAIR DANCE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Who may never rise but for you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


GRASPING AT THE POET RUMI, by DAN QUISENBERRY    Poem Source                    
First Line: He spoke of wind %telling soul secrets
Last Line: Oooooh %hmmmm
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


HOLILDAYS ARE OVER. YES, YES, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: That I may be ashamed to have %imagined stroking it
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


HOW CAN A FULL HEART / KEEP ITS WORDS IN CHECK?, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Oh saqi, fill this cup again %that I might sing anew
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


HOW CAN I LOVE THE ONE WHO TAKES EVERYTHING, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: None to hide %and none to love
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I AM FULL OF YEARNING, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Yes, you have long since told me
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I AM SO FAR FROM HOME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Suffering is the answer
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I CONSIDER LOVE DANGEROUS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: The precious jewel of the heart %has gone with you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I HAVE BEEN A GUEST IN HIS KINGDOM, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And I sit alone
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I HAVE NO ARMS TO GRASP MY FRIENDS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: With such ambitions of love
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I KNOW NOTHING OF THE SUN AND MOON, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And of gratitude's faint whispher: %patience
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I LEAVE YOUR PRESENCE AND AS IN A DREAM, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And I feel your excruciating grace in your every glance
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS LOVE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: From our own blood, breath, and bones
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


I TURN FROM SUFFERING / THAT I AM OFFERED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: When I hear you coming %or see your sandals
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


IF I SPEAK NONSENSE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Hearts bursting with deep sad-longing and too fragile %reme mbrance, we love
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


IN THE NIGHT / WHILE OTHERS SLEEP, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: I bow my head to them %and drink of you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


JOY CANNOT BE FELT WITHOUT SORROW, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: The heart begs to speak %and words are my medium
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


MAN IN THE SHADOWS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Playful cupbearer %fill my goblet once again
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


MY BELOVED CALLED ME LOVER ONCE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: To taste his sweetness once again
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


MY HEART HAS GONE FROM ME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: But how could I live %without my heart?
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


OH BELOVED / THEY BELIEVE THE DOCTORS, THE LAWYERS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Tavern where saqi will fill them with wine and light the blazing fire of love
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


OH BELOVED / YOUR COURT IS SO RAGGED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Let me be the lowest servant in your %beggar's court
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


OH BELOVED! IN YOUR INFINITE WEALTH, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: How sweet would be this pain
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


OH LORD, YOU HAVE GIVEN ME WEALTH, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: I weep only to be your slave
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


OH SAQI / WHO HAS LURED ME TO THIS TAVERN OF RUIN, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Friends united in longing
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


OH SAQI, MY EYES ARE CLEAR, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: I turn too slowly
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


ONE DAY I WAS CALLING THIS AGONY DELICIOUS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: There is only one lord
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


ROBE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The tattered robe of the wine boy
Last Line: For the wine boy to sew %into his beloved coat of ruin
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


SILENCE STINKS! / WORDS CANNOT BUT FAIL, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Hah, hah, the joke's on you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


SLAVES AND CATTLE ARE BRANDED TO NAME OWNERSHIP, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: I burn and wait for him to %claim his ownership
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


SO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE FULL OF WISDOM, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: I will mourn you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


SO, I SAY / YOU WANT GOD?, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Has the sun burnt you to a well roasted ash?
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


SOFTLY, SILENTLY / THE VEIL IS LOWERED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Whose heart will you choose?
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


SOMETHING HAS TAKEN HOLD OF ME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: To those who travel %and those who wait
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


TAKE THIS GOBLET FROM MY LIPS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Is forgotten %in the swell of my heart
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


TELL ME, SAQI / DOES YOUR WINE FREE THE REVELERS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Saqi is surely a fool
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


THE LOVER OF JALALU'DDIN, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My darling wandered through the house
Last Line: "with soul and spirit moving at my side."
Subject(s): Love; Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


TO DANCE AND DRINK WINE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And go to my death %unquestioning
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


TO YOU THE CUP IS GIVEN, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: In the house of ruin
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


TOUCHING MY BREASTS / YOU HAVE AWAKENED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: And gives itself to you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


WE SIT AND WAIT CHASING SHADOWS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Beloved one, may my love some day %be such as this
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


WHAT ARE YOU MAKING IN ME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Everything serves solely %as a reminder of you
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


WHAT IS THIS WHICH I ATTEMPT?, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: For this I shall %mourn endlessly
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


WHY DID YOU CLAIM MY HEART, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: They are worthless to me
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


WHY DO YOU WISH TO BE MY FRIENDS?, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Fold your hands over your hearts %and die
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


WHY MUST WORDS TRY TO EXPRESS THE MAGIC OF LOVE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: What more can I ask for
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)


YESTERDAY I WAS SHATTERED, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: The lion lies down with the lamb %of god
Subject(s): Rumi (jalal Ad-din Ar-rumi) (1207-1273)