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Wine, Tavern, and Drunkenness Metaphors in Rumi's Poetry

I've tried my best to to translate the following Rumi poems with as much 'New-Agey' nuances as possible! So, if you're not spiritually inclined, have no interest at all in deciphering the often hidden and obscure mystical Sufi metaphors of Persian Literature; or simply wish to enjoy the 'New-Agey'  interpretations  of Rumi's poetry, I'm sure you'll like them! I just hope my translations can capture Rumi's truly magnificent poetic portrayals of the God-intoxicated Sufi Dervish drunkards enjoying their mystical divine wine in the always open and truly inclusive Sufi Tavern of Ruins where Jews, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, and drunkard mystics of all races, religions, and nationalities stand shoulder to shoulder, share a drink together, and raise their wine-glasses in celebration and affirmation of oneness of all.  So what is it that Rumi trying to convey to us using these heavily wine-drenched Sufi metaphors? At The End Of The Day, We Are All One.

Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary in Rumi's Poetry

The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ Virgin Mary, whose soul was shredded into pieces by the anxieties over her immaculate conception, became pregnant with the charming Christ. A Christ who doesn't belong to the earth or the sea, a  Christ who transcends the boundaries of both worlds. Just as the immaculate soul of Virgin Mary  became pregnant by the Soul of all souls (God), this whole world shall also get impregnated like the Immaculate Mary's divinely blessed soul. This world shall give birth to a whole new world. A beautiful new world that will cause huge uproars  until the Day of Judgment. Rumi ???? ???? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??? ????? ?? ?? ???? ?????? ?? ????? ?? ?? ?? ??? ? ???? ?? ????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??? ??? ?? ???? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ????? ????? ??? ??? ?? ?? ????? ????? ???? ?????? ???? ????? ???? ????  Word Became Flesh in Virgin Mary�s Womb by Power of Holy Spirit I envisioned the womb of Virgin Mary as the universe completely engulfe

Jews and Hebrew Bible in Rumi�s Poetry

The eternally intertwined, absolutely unshakable, and historically rich fraternities between Jews and Persians are extensively documented in the Holy Jewish Bible (Holy Torah and Tanakh); dating back to 600 BC when the great Persian ruler, King Cyrus rescued the Jews from slavery in Babylon and allowed their return to Israel to rebuild their Temple (See:  2 Chronicles 36:22-23 in the Holy Jewish Bible, as well as the accounts of Persian Kings, Darius the Great, Cambysses, Xerexes, and Artaxerexes-I, in the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi.) In post-Islamic Persia, it was precisely the Persian Sufi poets who courageously rejected the medieval Islamic practice of forcing non-Muslims (Jews in particular), who lived within the boundaries of the Islamdom, to wear a distinctive green belt or girdle called 'Zonar' to identify and distinguish them from the Muslim population. Later on during the same medieval periods, the Christians borrowed that shameful