{"id":1299,"date":"2014-03-16T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T01:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2022-05-11T19:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:28:23","slug":"like-a-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Candle&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/buddha-candle-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"buddha candle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1304\" title=\"buddha candle\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1-1024x768.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/buddha-candle1.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"poem-top\">\n<h1><em>from<\/em>\u00a0Figs and Thistles: First Fig<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>BY\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/bio\/edna-st-vincent-millay\">EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"poem\">\n<div>\n<div>My candle burns at both ends;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 It will not last the night;<\/div>\n<div>But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends\u2014<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 It gives a lovely light!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6>Source:\u00a0<em>Poetry<\/em>\u00a0(June 1918).<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hafez<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>In faithfulness to your love, I am famous like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>In the street of the <em>rends<\/em>, I burn all night like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>Day and night, sleep slips away, from my grief-stricken eyes<\/h6>\n<h6>Sick from separation, my red eyes weep like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>The mountain of my patience melted like wax in your grief&#8217;s hand<\/h6>\n<h6>Since I began to burn and melt in your love like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>My string of patience&#8217;s cut by the scissors of your hair<\/h6>\n<h6>But still, in your love&#8217;s fire, I am smiling like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>If the horse of my rosy tear had not been so swift<\/h6>\n<h6>How could my secret shine out everywhere just like the candle?<\/h6>\n<h6>As ever, my poor desperate heart is occupied with you<\/h6>\n<h6>Shedding tears of water and of flame just like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>Without your world-adorning beauty, my day is like the night<\/h6>\n<h6>Within your love&#8217;s perfection, I am fading like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>Honor me with union for one night, o wild one<\/h6>\n<h6>and with your visit, brighten up my house like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>Like the morning, your coming is just a breath away<\/h6>\n<h6>Show your face, so I can give my soul up like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>In exile&#8217;s night, send me a promise of union, or else<\/h6>\n<h6>With this fire, I&#8217;ll burn down the whole world like the candle<\/h6>\n<h6>It&#8217;s amazing how your love lit Hafez all on fire<\/h6>\n<h6>How can I quench my heart&#8217;s fire with tears, like the candle?<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u0641\u0627\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u0634\u0642<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0634\u0647\u0648\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u062e\u0648\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0640\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0634\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0634\u06cc\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u06a9\u0648\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0633\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0631\u0648\u0632<\/strong><strong>\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0628\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0645\u06cc<\/strong>\u200c<strong>\u0622\u06cc\u062f<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0634\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u063a\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u067e\u0631\u0633\u062a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0628\u0640\u0633<\/strong><strong>\u06a9\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u0631\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0647\u062c\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0639<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u06a9\u0648\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0635\u0628\u0631\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0631\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u062f<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0648\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0633\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u063a\u0645\u0640\u062a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u062a\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0622\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0622\u062a\u0634<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u0634\u0642\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0640\u0645\u0640\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0631\u0634\u062a\u0640\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0635\u0640\u0628\u0631\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0636<\/strong><strong>\u063a\u0645\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0628\u0631\u06cc\u062f\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u062f<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0647\u0645\u0640\u0686\u0640\u0646\u0627\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0622\u062a\u0634<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0647\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0633\u0648\u0632\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u06af\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u06a9\u0640\u0645\u06cc\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0634\u0640\u06a9<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u0644\u06af\u0648\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0640\u0628\u0648\u062f\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u0631\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0648<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u06a9\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u062f\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0648\u0634\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u06cc\u062a\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0627\u0632<\/strong><strong>\u067e\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u06cc\u0627\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0622\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0622\u062a\u0634<\/strong><strong>\u0647\u0645\u0686\u0646\u0627\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0633\u0631\u06af\u0631\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648\u0633\u0640\u062a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0627\u06cc\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u0632\u0627\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0632\u0627\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0634\u0640\u06a9<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0640\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0640\u0645\u0640\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0628\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0622\u0631\u0627\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0648\u0632\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0628\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u06a9\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u0634\u0642<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u06cc\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0642\u0635\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0640\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0633\u0631\u0641\u0631\u0627\u0632\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u06a9\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0628\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0632<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u0635\u0640\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u062e\u0648\u062f<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0646\u06cc\u0646<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u062a\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0640\u0646\u0648\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u0631\u062f\u062f<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0632<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0631\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u06cc\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0640\u0645\u0640\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0647\u0645\u0640\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0635\u0628\u062d\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u06cc\u06a9<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0641\u0633<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0627\u0642\u06cc\u0633\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0686\u0640\u0647\u0631\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0646\u0645\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u062c\u0627\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0641\u0634\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0640\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u0647\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0631\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u067e\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0648\u0635\u0644\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0641\u0631\u0633\u0640\u062a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0648\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0632<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631\u062f\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u0628\u0633\u0648\u0632\u0627\u0646\u0645<\/strong><strong>\u0686\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0634\u0645\u0640\u0639<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0622\u062a\u0640\u0634<\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0640\u0647\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u062a\u0648<\/strong><strong>\u0631\u0627<\/strong><strong>\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638<\/strong><strong>\u0639\u062c\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u062f\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u0633\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u06af\u0631\u0641\u062a<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/siyavash.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/siyavash\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/siyavash.jpg?fit=480%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"siyavash\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/siyavash.jpg?fit=480%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/siyavash.jpg?resize=480%2C600\" alt=\"siyavash\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/siyavash.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/siyavash.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Ibn al-F\u0101ri\u1e0d<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>If not for my sighs, these tears would drown me<\/h6>\n<h6>If not for these tears, my sighs would scorch me<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs.jpg?fit=426%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"426,157\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ibn al-farid tears:sighs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs.jpg?fit=426%2C157&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1301\" title=\"ibn al-farid tears:sighs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs-300x110.jpg?resize=300%2C110\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs.jpg?resize=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/ibn-al-farid-tearssighs.jpg?w=426&amp;ssl=1 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0632\u0641\u064a\u0631\u064a \u0654\u0627\u063a\u0631\u0642\u062a\u0646\u064a \u0654\u0627\u062f\u0645\u0639\u064a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062f\u0645\u0648\u0639\u064a \u0654\u0627\u062d\u0631\u0642\u062a\u0646\u064a \u0632\u0641\u0631\u062a\u064a<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Abraham_ready_to_sacrifice_his_son_Ishmael_top_Abraham_cast_into_fire_by_Nimrod_bottom.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/abraham_ready_to_sacrifice_his_son_ishmael_top_abraham_cast_into_fire_by_nimrod_bottom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Abraham_ready_to_sacrifice_his_son_Ishmael_top_Abraham_cast_into_fire_by_Nimrod_bottom.jpg?fit=250%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,405\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Abraham_ready_to_sacrifice_his_son,_Ishmael_(top);_Abraham_cast_into_fire_by_Nimrod_(bottom)\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Abraham_ready_to_sacrifice_his_son_Ishmael_top_Abraham_cast_into_fire_by_Nimrod_bottom.jpg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>John Donne<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Hero and Leander<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both robb&#8217;d of air, we both lie in one ground ;<br \/>\nBoth whom one fire had burnt, one water drown&#8217;d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A Burnt Ship<\/em><\/p>\n<div>Out of a fired ship, which by no way<\/div>\n<div>But drowning could be rescued from the flame,<\/div>\n<div>Some men leap&#8217;d forth, and ever as they came<\/div>\n<div>Near the foes&#8217; ships, did by their shot decay;<\/div>\n<div>So all were lost, which in the ship were found,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown&#8217;d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"poem\">\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/rumicandle.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1305\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/rumicandle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/rumicandle.jpg?fit=570%2C719&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"570,719\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rumicandle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/rumicandle.jpg?fit=570%2C719&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1305\" title=\"rumicandle\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/rumicandle.jpg?resize=570%2C719\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/rumicandle.jpg?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/rumicandle.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Rumi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>A candle is made to become entirely flame.<\/div>\n<div>In that annihilating moment<\/div>\n<div>it has no shadow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is nothing but a tongue of light<\/div>\n<div>describing a refuge.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Look at this<\/div>\n<div>just-finishing candle stub<\/div>\n<div>as someone who is finally safe<\/div>\n<div>from virtue and vice,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>the pride and the shame<\/div>\n<div>we claim from those.<\/div>\n<div>(Coleman Barks&#8217; &#8220;translation&#8221;)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There is a candle in the heart of man, waiting to be kindled.<\/div>\n<div>In separation from the Friend, there is a cut waiting to be\u00a0stitched.<\/div>\n<div>O, you who are ignorant of endurance and the burning\u00a0fire of love&#8211;<\/div>\n<div>Love comes of its own free will, it can&#8217;t be learned in any school.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">THE SHIP SUNK IN LOVE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Should Love&#8217;s heart rejoice unless I burn?<br \/>\nFor my heart is Love&#8217;s dwelling.<br \/>\nIf You will burn Your house, burn it, Love!<br \/>\nWho will say, &#8216;It&#8217;s not allowed&#8217;?<br \/>\nBurn this house thoroughly!<br \/>\nThe lover&#8217;s house improves with fire.<br \/>\nFrom now on I will make burning my aim,<br \/>\nFrom now on I will make burning my aim,<br \/>\nfor I am like the candle: burning only makes me brighter.<br \/>\nAbandon sleep tonight; traverse for one night<br \/>\nthe region of the sleepless.<br \/>\nLook upon these lovers who have become distraught<br \/>\nand like moths have died in union with the One Beloved.<br \/>\nLook upon this ship of God&#8217;s creatures<br \/>\nand see how it is sunk in Love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Mathnawi VI, 617-623<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1570627177\/greecethracemi0e\/\">The Rumi Collection<\/a>, Edited by Kabir Helminski<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/696px-Ship-of-Faith-Houghton-Shahmana-Metropolitan-Museum.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/16\/like-a-candle\/696px-ship-of-faith-houghton-shahmana-metropolitan-museum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/696px-Ship-of-Faith-Houghton-Shahmana-Metropolitan-Museum.jpg?fit=696%2C1023&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"696,1023\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/696px-Ship-of-Faith-Houghton-Shahmana-Metropolitan-Museum.jpg?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/696px-Ship-of-Faith-Houghton-Shahmana-Metropolitan-Museum.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">O light, from seeing your beauty, my soul became candle-like<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Turn my fortune so I can shed myself candle-like<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">The promise of the morning breeze, of joining Thee day and night<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Burning, yellow, shaking, crying and humble, candle-like.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Thy flowing hair, like scissors sheer my soul at its height<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">In this fire of separation burn me no more, candle-like.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Pearls overflowing from the sea of my eye, fill my bosom in delight<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">My burning heart sent its flames blazing upward, candle-like.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Solar flares set in the celestial lantern, sooth the sight<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Every morn dam my tears and shed no more, candle-like.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">Thy face is spring-like, thy fire sorrows fight<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">How long burn in this solstice of separation, candle-like?<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">From the memory of thy light, every night flames take flight<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">If only my heart&#8217;s fire would burn my soul candle-like.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">How long burn thyself Shams-e Tabrizi, thy love beaming bright?<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"right\">We know of nothing other than this burning, candle-like.<\/h6>\n<div>(trans. by Shahriar Shahriari)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0627\u06cc \u0645\u0646\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0632 \u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644\u062a \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0647 \u06cc \u062c\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<br \/>\n\u0627\u0632 \u062f\u0631 \u0628\u062e\u062a\u0645 \u062f\u0631\u0622 \u062a\u0627 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631 \u0627\u0641\u0634\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0627\u0632 \u0647\u0648\u0627\u06cc \u062e\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u06cc \u0635\u0628\u062d \u0648\u0635\u0627\u0644\u062a \u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0648 \u0634\u0628<br \/>\n\u0632\u0631\u062f \u0648 \u0644\u0631\u0632\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u06af\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0646 \u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0648 \u06af\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0632\u0644\u0641 \u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0645\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0636 \u0628\u0631 \u0643\u0634 \u0631\u0634\u062a\u0647 \u062c\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0628\u0628\u0631<br \/>\n\u0628\u06cc\u0634 \u0627\u0632 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u062a\u0634 \u0647\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0633\u0648\u0632\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0622\u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0646 \u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0645\u0646\u0645 \u067e\u0631 \u062f\u0631 \u0634\u062f \u0627\u0632 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u06cc \u0639\u0634\u0642<br \/>\n\u062a\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0645 \u0632\u062f \u0622\u062a\u0634 \u062f\u0644 \u0627\u0632 \u06af\u0631\u06cc\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u060c \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0622\u062a\u0634 \u062e\u0648\u0631\u0634\u06cc\u062f \u0631\u0627 \u060c \u062f\u0631 \u0645\u0634\u0639\u0644 \u0633\u0628\u0632 \u0641\u0644\u0643<br \/>\n\u0647\u0631 \u0633\u062d\u0631 \u0627\u0632 \u0622\u0628\u06af\u06cc\u0631 \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0647 \u060c \u0628\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0627\u06cc \u0631\u062e\u062a \u0646\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0632\u0622\u062a\u0634 \u060c \u062c\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0648\u0632 \u0634\u0645\u0639<br \/>\n\u0686\u0646\u062f \u0633\u0648\u0632\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0634\u0628 \u06cc\u0644\u062f\u0627\u06cc \u0647\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0622\u0641\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0632 \u062e\u0627\u0637\u0631\u0645 \u060c \u0634\u0639\u0644\u0647 \u0641\u0631\u0648\u0632\u062f \u0647\u0631 \u0634\u0628\u06cc<br \/>\n\u0622\u062a\u0634 \u062f\u0644 \u06af\u0631 \u0628\u0633\u0648\u0632\u062f \u060c \u0631\u0634\u062a\u0647 \u06cc \u062c\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u0686\u0646\u062f \u0633\u0648\u0632\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u06cc\u0634\u062a\u0646 \u0631\u0627 \u0634\u0645\u0633 \u062a\u0628\u0631\u06cc\u0632\u06cc \u0632 \u0639\u0634\u0642<br \/>\n\u0645\u0627\u0648\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0633\u0648\u062e\u062a\u0646 \u060c \u0643\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0646\u0645\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0634\u0645\u0639<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><strong>Ana Moura<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<div><\/div>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p>My eyes are two candles<br \/>\nCasting a sad light on my face<br \/>\nYour eyes are two candles<br \/>\nCasting a sad light on my face<\/p>\n<p>Marked by the pains<br \/>\nOf longing and grief<\/p>\n<p>When I hear the ringing of the bells<br \/>\nAnd the afternoon is coming to an end<\/p>\n<p>I pray, out of longing for you<br \/>\nAn \u201cOur Father\u201d for me<\/p>\n<p>But you do not know how to pray<br \/>\nNor how to ache with longing<\/p>\n<p>Why do you disturb me so<br \/>\nWhy do I want you so much?<\/p>\n<p>For my despair you are like<br \/>\nThe clouds that fly high<\/p>\n<p>Every day I wait for you<br \/>\nEvery day you stand me up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Os meus olhos s\u00e3o dois c\u00edrios<br \/>\nDando luz triste ao meu rosto<br \/>\nOs teus olhos s\u00e3o dois c\u00edrios<br \/>\nDando luz triste ao meu rosto<br \/>\nMarcado pelos mart\u00edrios<br \/>\nDa saudade e do desgosto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Quando oi\u00e7o bater trindades<br \/>\nE a tarde j\u00e1 vai no fim<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Eu pe\u00e7o \u00e0s tuas saudades<br \/>\nUm padre nosso por mim.Mas n\u00e3o sabes fazer preces<br \/>\nN\u00e3o tens saudades nem pranto<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Por que \u00e9 que tu me aborreces<br \/>\nPor que \u00e9 que eu te quero tanto?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00c9s para meu desespero<br \/>\nComo as nuvens que andam altas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Todos os dias te espero<br \/>\nTodos os dias me faltas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/fado-menor-minor-fado.html#songtranslation#ixzz2wAWUTxPT\">http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Maran\u00e2us<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>I am not happiness, but only<\/h6>\n<h6>The tragic substance that produces it.<\/h6>\n<h6>In the great darkness, I am a burning flambeau<\/h6>\n<h6>And I don\u2019t see my own light.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>Eu n\u00e3o sou a alegria, mas apenas<\/h6>\n<h6>A tr\u00e1gica mat\u00e9ria que a produz.<\/h6>\n<h6>Na grande escurid\u00e3o, sou facho a arder<\/h6>\n<h6>E n\u00e3o avisto minha pr\u00f3pria luz!<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>(Pascoaes, 1920, p.216)<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from\u00a0Figs and Thistles: First Fig BY\u00a0EDNA ST. 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