552a - Silent Become: En 16 / 16

O garrulous spirit until when shall you run on the roof? Leave discourses of tongue. Silent become! Silent become!!

551b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 15 / 16

یک مدتی ارکان بدی یک مدتی حیوان بدی
یک مدتی چون جان شدی جانانه شو جانانه شو

551a - Beloved Become: En 15 / 16

Inanimate you were for one era animal you were for one era yet soul for one beloved become! Beloved become!

Hilat Raha Kon... 13-14 (7 / 8)

Leap into the Poem! Color the Tiles!!

550b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 14 / 16

شکرانه دادی عشق را از تحفه‌ها و مال‌ها
هل مال را خود را بده شکرانه شو شکرانه شو

550a - Become A Thanks: En 14 / 16

You shouted thanks to love for gifts and goods now push the good on you: become a Thanks! Become a Thanks!!

549b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 13 / 16

تا کی دوشاخه چون رخی تا کی چو بیذق کم تکی
تا کی چو فرزین کژ روی فرزانه شو فرزانه شو

549a - Become A Queen: En 13 / 16

You bifurcate as Rook you limited as Pawn you distort as Bishop Go! Become a Queen!! Become a Queen!!!

Hilat Raha Kon... 11-12 (6 / 8)

Enter the poem, colour the tiles...

548b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 12 / 16

گر چهره بنماید صنم پر شو از او چون آینه
ور زلف بگشاید صنم رو شانه شو رو شانه شو

548a - Become A Comb: En 12a

If idol face unveils as mirror fill yourself with him and if idol plaits undoes then go, become a comb! Become a comb!!

547b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 11 / 16

گوید سلیمان مر تو را بشنو لسان الطیر را
دامی و مرغ از تو رمد رو لانه شو رو لانه شو

547a - Become A Lair: En 11 / 16

Solomon says: listen to the talk of the birds. Animals and birds fear you: then go, become a lair! Become a lair!!

Hilat Raha Kon... 9-10 (5 / 8)

Feel the Poem! Color the Tiles!!

546b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 10 / 16

بنواخت نور مصطفی آن استن حنانه را
کمتر ز چوبی نیستی حنانه شو حنانه شو

546a - Hannane Become: En 10 / 16

Mustafa's light caressed the trunk of the Hannanè. You are not less than a trunk! Hannanè become!! Hannanè become!!!

545b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 9 / 16

قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر دل‌های ما
مفتاح شو مفتاح را دندانه شو دندانه شو

545a - A Tooth Become: En 9 / 16

Desire and passion are locks locking the hearts. Become a key and to that key a tooth become! A tooth become!

Hilat Raha Kon... 7-8 (4 / 8)

Stay with the Poem! Color the tiles!!

544b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 8 / 16

اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه تو را آن جا کشد
ز اندیشه بگذر چون قضا پیشانه شو پیشانه شو

544a - Become A Seer: En 8 / 16

Thoughts aim to a place and pull you there: leave thoughts away!
Then like the judge become a seer!! Become a seer!!!

543b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 7 / 16

تو لیله القبری برو تا لیله القدری شوی
چون قدر مر ارواح را کاشانه شو کاشانه شو

543a - Become A Nest: En 7 / 16

You are night of grave go and become Night of Decree and as Decree for all the spirits become a nest! Become a nest!!

Hilat Raha Kon... 5-6 (3 / 8)

Stay with the Poem! Color the tiles!!

542b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 6 / 16

چون جان تو شد در هوا ز افسانه شیرین ما
فانی شو و چون عاشقان افسانه شو افسانه شو

542a - Become A Tale Become A Tale... En 6 / 16

And since your soul jumped in the air on our sweet tale annul yourself and lovers-like become a tale become a tale become a tale become a tale become a tale...

541b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 5 / 16

آن گوشوار شاهدان هم صحبت عارض شده
آن گوش و عارض بایدت دردانه شو دردانه شو

541a - A Pearl Become: En 5 / 16

That earring is witness of Beauty's rosy cheek. You want that ear and that cheek? A pearl become! A pearl become!!

Hilat Raha Kon... 3-4 (2 / 8)

Stay with the Poem! Color the tiles!!

540b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 4 / 16

باید که جمله جان شوی تا لایق جانان شوی
گر سوی مستان می‌روی مستانه شو مستانه شو

540a - Become Inebriated: En 4 / 16

One should become all soul to be worthy of the Beloved's soul... and if you want to go to the inebriated, become inebriated! Become inebriated!!

539b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 3 / 16

رو سینه را چون سینه‌ها هفت آب شو از کینه‌ها
وآنگه شراب عشق را پیمانه شو پیمانه شو

539a - Become A Bushel: En 3 /16

Go wash your bosom from all grudge with seven waters!
Then for love's wine become a bushel!! Become a bushel!!!

Hilat Raha Kon... 1-2 (1 / 8)

Stay with the poem! Colour the tile!

538b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 2 /16

هم خویش را بیگانه کن هم خانه را ویرانه کن
وآنگه بیا با عاشقان هم خانه شو هم خانه شو

538a - A House Become: En 2 / 16

Estrange yourself, the house destroy, then come! And with the lovers, one for another, a house become!! A house become!!!

537b - A Poem on Tiles: Fa 1 / 16

حیله رها کن عاشقا دیوانه شو دیوانه شو
و اندر دل آتش درآ پروانه شو پروانه شو

537a - A Moth Become: En 1 / 16

O lover leave your schemes behind, crazy become! Into the heart of the fire jump, a moth become!! A moth become!!!

Salams and About

Salam Dear Frogs, Frog Lovers,
Interested Non-frogs and Froggars!

Welcome once again
to the
Sufi Magic Theatre.

From tomorrow, December 25th,

Frogs WB shall run here

a poem of Maulana Rumi

about who we are

and who we can become

if we give up our schemes

and jump sincerely

into the Fire of Love.

The Poem will run until

the second day of February.

Meanwhile our next production

(of which you see some sketches)

is being prepared:

it will be out here

on Thursday, February 14, 2013!

Love and chocolate,
Frogs WB

Good Advice Poem (صد پند)

And with this unplanned “Quartina”
Frogs WB wish you farewell
From the Eternal city of Rome
And from Stazione Tiburtina.

Here Fereydoun, a Persian Sufi
Sells rare books and through Bausani
Frogs read in the “Sad Pand” (100 Advices)
A good advice from poet Zakani.

“If you can -the Poet says-
Never never say the truth
You won’t weigh on others’ hearts
And they won’t be mad at you”.

Akbar's Quatrain

The page numbers interspersed in these drawings refer to the catalogue of the Exhibition AKBAR. The catalogue is available in English or in Italian.

536 and a half / d

Akbar walked 370 km. (230 miles) of dusty road to see that Shaykh!

S/He who loves
Even when s/he licks the dust
s/he sits on a bed of roses.

536 and a half / c

Every year Akbar went on pilgrimage to Ajmer. Walking.
This Chishti website is worth walking through.

536 and a half / b

Akbar, the great Emperor of India (d. 1605), was a devotee of Sufi Salim Chishti.
Allah Hu Akbar

536 and a half / a

The greatest Exhibition in Rome until February 3, 2013: AKBAR!

Piazza Navona

This is the Fountain of the four Rivers, in Piazza Navona. The original strip is HERE.

Spanish Steps

The original strip is HERE.