{"id":2719,"date":"2016-11-28T21:20:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T02:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2019-10-13T22:00:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T03:00:30","slug":"rumi-dead-yet-i-was-then-came-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2016\/11\/28\/rumi-dead-yet-i-was-then-came-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumi: Dead yet I was, then came to life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite poems of Rumi&#8217;s, its rhythm is intoxicating:<\/p>\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\/MzjPC2R3EOg?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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/YCrmnSNjWuI?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<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Translation (some liberties taken to approximate the rhythm of the original):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Dead yet I was, then came to life, weeping I was, then came to laugh<\/h6>\n<h6>Love&#8217;s kingdom came, I came to be, the kingdom of eternity<\/h6>\n<h6>My eye is\u00a0full, my soul is bold, a lion&#8217;s heart is what I have, the morning star, bright I became<\/h6>\n<h6>Said: &#8220;You&#8217;re not mad, don&#8217;t belong here,&#8221; then I went mad, bound up in chains<\/h6>\n<h6>Said: &#8220;You are drunk, get out of here,&#8221; then I got drunk, bubbling with joy<\/h6>\n<h6>Said: &#8220;You&#8217;re not dead, not in joy drowned,&#8221; before his face, I died and bowed<\/h6>\n<h6>Said: &#8220;You&#8217;re so smart, drunk on your doubt,&#8221; a fool I became, straight lifted out<\/h6>\n<h6>Said: &#8220;You&#8217;re the candle of this folk,&#8221; I said, &#8220;I&#8217;m not, I&#8217;m wisps of smoke&#8221;<\/h6>\n<h6>Said: &#8220;You&#8217;re a shaykh, you&#8217;re the leader.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m but a slave to your command.&#8221;<\/h6>\n<h6>He said: &#8220;You have feathers and wings. I will not give you feathered wings.&#8221; Seeking these wings, I lost my wings.<\/h6>\n<h6>New fortune said: &#8220;Don&#8217;t come my way, I&#8217;ll come to you.&#8221;<\/h6>\n<h6>Old love then said: &#8220;Don&#8217;t\u00a0leave my heart.&#8221; I said, &#8220;I won&#8217;t,\u00a0I&#8217;ll stay, I&#8217;m still.&#8221;<\/h6>\n<h6>You are the fountain of the sun, I am the shade of the willow, You strike my head, I drop and melt<\/h6>\n<h6>Heart felt the new glow of my soul, my heart opened, wove a new stole, I turned against that tattered one<\/h6>\n<h6>Form of the soul swaggered with pride, slave though I was, Lord I became<\/h6>\n<h6>Thanks your paper gives\u00a0for your sweets, limitless it came to me and I dwelt in\u00a0it<\/h6>\n<h6>Thanks my dark earth gives for my curved\u00a0sky and its sphere, for through its gaze, and its turning, I too became light-receiving<\/h6>\n<h6>Thanks heaven&#8217;s sphere gives for the king and the kingdom and the angel, for through his grace I have become bright and graceful<\/h6>\n<h6>Thanks the Knower of Truth gives for the fact that we&#8217;ve outstripped the rest; high up above the seven lay-ers I became a shining star<\/h6>\n<h6>I was Venus, became the moon, and I became two-hundred skies; I was Joseph, now I became the Joseph seed<\/h6>\n<h6>O famous moon, I am all yours, look upon me, and on yourself, for from the trace of your smile, I have become a\u00a0garden of roses smiling<\/h6>\n<h6>Move silently, like a chessman, yourself all tongue, for through\u00a0the king of the world&#8217;s face, I have become happy and blessed.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/8C044QgGhKE?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\" 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