{"id":2490,"date":"2016-03-06T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2016-03-06T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T16:43:24","slug":"i-carry-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2016\/03\/06\/i-carry-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"I carry your heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem-top\" class=\"tab-content active\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<div>This lovely poem by e.e. cummings sounds like it could have been written by Rumi:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kffo3pxNO7c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"poem-top\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<h1>[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"author\">by e.e. cummings<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<div class=\"poem\">\n<div>i carry your heart with me(i carry it in<\/div>\n<div>my heart)i am never without it(anywhere<\/div>\n<div>i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done<\/div>\n<div>by only me is your doing,my darling)<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0i fear<\/div>\n<div>no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want<\/div>\n<div>no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)<\/div>\n<div>and it\u2019s you are whatever a moon has always meant<\/div>\n<div>and whatever a sun will always sing is you<\/div>\n<div>here is the deepest secret nobody knows<\/div>\n<div>(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud<\/div>\n<div>and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows<\/div>\n<div>higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)<\/div>\n<div>and this is the wonder that&#8217;s keeping the stars apart<\/div>\n<div>i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2016\/03\/06\/i-carry-your-heart\/young_lovers-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?fit=300%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,410\" 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=\"young_lovers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?fit=300%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?resize=300%2C410\" alt=\"young_lovers\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Rumi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iBRtqGB9Z-M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>Translation:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stealthily as the soul, you are going in the midst of my soul;\u00a0O luster of my garden, you are my gracefully moving cypress.<\/div>\n<div>When you go, go not without me; soul of my soul, go not without my body, and depart not out of my sight, O my blazing torch.<\/div>\n<div>I tear up the seven heavens and pass beyond the seven seas, when lovingly you gaze into my giddy soul.<\/div>\n<div>Since you came into my bosom, infidelity and faith are my servitors, O you whose vision is my religion, whose face is my faith.<\/div>\n<div>You have made me headless and footless, you have made me sleepless and foodless;<\/div>\n<div>enter drunken and laughing, O my Joseph of Canaan.<\/div>\n<div>Through your grace I have become soul-like and have become hidden from myself,<\/div>\n<div>O you whose being has become hidden in my hidden being.<\/div>\n<div>The rose rends its garment because of you, O you with whom the narcissus\u2019 eye is intoxicated, of whom the branches are pregnant, O you my infinite garden.<\/div>\n<div>One moment you brand me, the next you draw me into the garden; you draw me before the lamp so that my eyes may be opened.<\/div>\n<div>O soul before all souls, O mine before all mines, O moment before all moments, O my very own, O my very own!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Our resting place is not earth; though the body crumbles, it matters not. 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