Rumi

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• Rumi

• 
  From love bitterness's become sweet,
  
  from love copper becomes gold,
  
  from love the dregs become pure,
  
  from love the pains become medicine,
  
  from love the dead become alive,
  
  from love the king is made a slave.
  
  
  
  Mathnawi II 1529 f.
  

- Përkthyer nga : Prof.Dr.Annemarie Schimmel

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Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book

nor from tongue.

If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is

illumination of heart.


If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action. Be observant if thou wouldst have a pure heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action.

[Veshtrusja]

Thou and I

Joyful the moment when we sat in the bower, Thou and I;
In two forms and with two faces - with one soul, Thou and I.

The colour of the garden and the song of the birds give the elixir of immortality
The instant we come into the orchard, Thou and I.

The stars of Heaven come out to look upon us -
We shall show the moon herself to them, Thou and I.

Thou and I, with no 'Thou' or 'I', shall become one through our tasting;
Happy, safe from idle talking, Thou and I.

The spirited parrots of heaven will envy us -
When we shall laugh in such a way, Thou and I.

This is stranger, that Thou and I, in this corner here...
Are both in one breath here and there - Thou and I.

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Rumi

• Grasp the skirt of his favor, for on a sudden he will flee;
  
  But draw him not, as an arrow, for he will flee from the bow.
  
  What delusive forms does he take, what tricks does he invent!
  
  If he is present in form, he will flee by the way of spirit.
  
  Seek him in the sky, he shines in water, like the moon;
  
  When you come into the water, he will flee to the sky.
  
  Seek him in the placeless, he will sign you to place;
  
  When you seek him in place, he will flee to the placeless.
  
  As the arrow speeds from the bow, like the bird of your imagination,
  
  Know that the Absolute will certainly flee from the Imaginary.
  
  I will flee from this and that, not for weariness, but for fear
  
  That my gracious Beauty will flee from this and that.
  
  As the wind I am fleet of foot, from love of the rose I am like the zephyr;
  
  The rose in dread of autumn will flee from the garden.
  
  His name will flee, when it sees an attempt at speech,
  
  So that you cannot even say, "Such an one will flee."
  
  He will flee from you, so that if you limn his picture,
  
  The picture will fly from the tablet, the impression will flee from the soul.

- Përkthyer nga : R. A. Nicholson

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Rumi

• 
  
  Come! How much for a kiss from those precious
  rubies? If a kiss costs a life , it still must be bought.
  
  Since that kiss is pure , it is not suited for
  dust – I will become a disengaged spirit , I will leave this body.
  
  The ocean of Purity said to me , “ You will not
  attain your desire without payment : A precious pearls lies
  within you , so smash the shell ! “
  
  (D 21187)
  

Përkthyer nga : Proffesor Dr. William Chittick



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Rumi

• When my bier moves on the day of death,
  
  Think not my heart is in this world.
  
  Do not weep for me and cry "Woe, woe!"
  
  You will fall in the devil's snare: that is woe.
  
  When you see my hearse, cry not "Parted, parted!"
  
  Union and meeting are mine in that hour.
  
  If you commit me to the grave, say not "Farewell, farewell!"
  
  For the grave is a curtain hiding the communion of Paradise.
  
  After beholding descent, consider resurrection;
  
  Why should setting be injurious to the sun and moon?
  
  To you it seems a setting, but 'tis a rising;
  
  Tho' the vault seems a prison, 'tis the release of the soul.
  
  What seed went down into the earth but it grew?
  
  Why this doubt of yours as regards the seed of man?
  
  What bucket was lowered but it came out brimful?
  
  Why should the Joseph of the spirit complain of the well?
  
  Shut your mouth on this side and open it beyond,
  
  For in placeless air will be your triumphal song.
  
  
  
  

Përkthyer nga : Reynold A. Nicholson



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Rumi

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  Without number will your characteristics run before your bier...
  
  In the coffin these pure qualities will become your companions,
  
  They will cling to you like sons and daughters,
  
  And you will put on garments from the wrap and woof of your
  works of obedience ...
  
  
  (D no.385)
  
  

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Rumi

• 
  No joy have I found in the two worlds apart from you, Beloved.
  
  Many wonders I have seen: I have not seen a wonder like you.
  
  They say that blazing fire is the infidel's portion:
  
  I have seen none, save Abu Lahab, excluded from your fire.
  
  Often have I laid the spiritual ear at the window of the heart:
  
  I heard much discourse, but the lips I did not see.
  
  Of a sudden you did lavish grace upon your servant:
  
  I saw no cause for it but your infinite kindness.
  
  O chosen Cup-bearer, O apple of mine eyes, the like of you
  
  Ne'er appeared in Persia, nor in Arabia have I found it.
  
  Pour out wine 'till I become a wanderer from myself;
  
  For in selfhood and existence I have felt only fatigue.
  
  O you who are milk and sugar, O you who are sun and moon,
  
  O you who are mother and father, I have known no kin but you.
  
  O indestructible Love, O divine Minstrel,
  
  You are both stay and refuge: a name equal to you I have not found.
  
  We are pieces of steel, and your love is the magnet:
  
  You are the source of all aspiration, in myself I have seen none.
  
  Silence, O brother! put learning and culture away:
  
  'Till you named culture, I knew no culture but you.
  

- Përkthyer nga : R. A. Nicholson

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Rumi

• David said: "O Lord, since you have no need of us,
  Say, then, what wisdom was there in creating the two worlds?"
  God said to him: "O temporal man, I was a hidden treasure;
  I sought that that treasure of loving kindness and bounty should be revealed.
  I displayed a mirror---its face the heart, its back the world---
  Its back is better than its face---if the face is unknown to you."
  
  When straw is mixed with clay, how should the mirror be successful?
  
  When you part the straw from the clay, the mirror becomes clear.
  Grape-juice does not turn to wine, unless it ferment awhile in the jar;
  
  Would you have your heart grow bright, you must take a little trouble.
  
  The soul which issued forth from the body---my king said to it:
  "You are come even as you went: where are the traces of my benefactions?"
  
  
  'Tis notorious that copper by alchemy becomes gold:
  Our copper has been transmuted by this rare alchemy.
  From God's grace this sun wants no crown or robe:
  He is cap to a hundred bald men and cloak to ten naked.
  Child, Jesus sate on an ass for humility's sake:
  How else should the zephyr ride on the back of an ass?
  
  O spirit, make your head in search and seeking like the water of a stream,
  And O reason, to gain eternal life tread everlastingly the way of death.
  
  Keep God in remembrance 'till self is forgotten,
  That you may be lost in the Called, without distraction of caller and call.

- Përkthyer nga : R. A. Nicholson

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Rumi

• 
  No matter what I say to explain and elucidate
  Love ,shame overcomes me when I come to Love itslef.
  (M I 112)
  
  
  Love cannot be contained within our speaking
  or listening;
  Love is an ocean whose depths cannot be plumbed.
  
  Would you try to count the drops of the sea ?
  Before that Ocean, the seven seas are nothing.
  (M V 2731-32)
  
  
  Love cannot be found in erudition and science,
  books and pages. Whatever is discussed by people-that
  is not the way of lovers.
  (D 4182)
  
  Whatever you have said or heard is the shell:
  The kernel of Love is a mystery that cannot be divulged.
  (D 2988)
  
  
  Enough! How long will you cling to these words
  of the tongue ?
  Love has many expositions beyond speech.
  (D 4355)
  
  
  Silence ! Silence ! For the allusions of Love are
  reversed : The meanings become hidden from much speaking .
  ( D 12073)
  
  
  Someone asked , " What is Love ?" I replied ," Ask not
  about these meanings.
  Whne you become like me , then you will know.
  When He calls you , you will recite its tale".
  (D 29050-51)
  
  
  
  Oh you who have listened to talk of Love ,
  behold Love !
  What are words in the ears compared to vision in the eyes ?
  (D 24681)
  
  
  What is Love ?
  Perfect thirst.
  So let me explain the Water of Life.
  (D 17361)
  
  
  

Përkthyer nga : Proffesor Dr. William Chittick



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