breeze says a secret

İstanbul Lale Festivali, İstanbul Tulip Festival 2012, Sultanahmet, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
while the breeze says a secret.
Like this.

Mevlana Rumi

looking for Love

Istanbul lale festivali, İstanbul tulip festival, Sultanahmet square, Sultanahmet meydanı, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Don’t look for Love,
Look for the one looking for Love.
Mevlana Rumi

love appears on the wings of grace

Istanbul lale festivali, İstanbul tulip festival, Sultanahmet square, Sultanahmet meydanı, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

You cannot learn about Love,
love appears on the wings of grace.

Mevlana Rumi

The dawn is coming

Istanbul lale festivali, İstanbul tulip festival, Sultanahmet square, Sultanahmet meydanı, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Be patient where you sit in the dark.
The dawn is coming.

Mevlana Rumi

the balm of Love

Istanbul lale festivali, İstanbul tulip festival, Sultanahmet square, Sultanahmet meydanı, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

This world is in deep trouble, from top to bottom,
But it can be swiftly healed by the balm of Love.

Mevlana Rumi

billions of simultaneous motions moving in me

Istanbul lale festivali, İstanbul tulip festival, Sultanahmet square, Sultanahmet meydanı, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

I absorb the shining and now I see the ocean, billions of simultaneous motions moving in me.

Mevlana Rumi

Make peace with the universe

Istanbul tulip festival, Istanbul lale festivali, Sultanahmet square, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Make peace with the universe.Take joy in it.
It will turn to gold.Resurrection will be now.
Every moment, a new beauty.

Mevlana Rumi

patient of love “red tulips”

İstanbul Lale Festivali, Istanbul Tulip Festival, Sultanahmet square, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

I am a patient of Love
you are like medicine for me.

Mevlana Rumi

My heart is expanding a thousand fold

Istanbul tulip festival, Istanbul lale festivali, Gülhane park, photos by ozgur ozkok, pentax k5

My heart is expanding a thousand fold.
Every cell,
taking wings,
flies about the world.
All seek separately
the many faces of my Beloved

Mevlana Rumi

Wash the dust from your soul “tulip festval”

Istanbul Tulip Festival 2012, İstanbul Lale Festivali , Emirgan park, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Wash the dust from your Soul
and Heart with wisdom’s water.

Mevlana Rumi