{"id":2780,"date":"2017-05-07T20:25:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T01:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2017-09-07T21:31:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T02:31:50","slug":"iraqi-the-wealth-of-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2017\/05\/07\/iraqi-the-wealth-of-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Iraqi and Shushtari\u2014The Wealth of Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Iraqi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"laylamajnunpersianmin\"<\/p>\n

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I have seen that the lane of piety stretches out,<\/div>\n
far, far into the distance;<\/div>\n
My dearest friends, can you not show me then<\/div>\n
the way of the madman?<\/div>\n
Bring me a glass of Magian wine<\/div>\n
that I may drink deep<\/div>\n
for I have given up all thought<\/div>\n
of ascetic piety;<\/div>\n
or if the pure wine has all been downed<\/div>\n
bring me the cloudy dregs<\/div>\n
for thick residue lights up the heart<\/div>\n
and illuminates the eyes.<\/div>\n
Tuppence for the Sufi meeting house!<\/div>\n
I flee the company of the righteous;<\/div>\n
fill up a row of glasses with wine<\/div>\n
and bring me the first.<\/div>\n
I have no rules or regulations,<\/div>\n
nor heart nor religion –<\/div>\n
only I remain, and you, sitting in the corner<\/div>\n
and the wealth of Poverty.<\/div>\n
All fear of God, all self-denial I deny;<\/div>\n
bring wine, nothing but wine<\/div>\n
for in all sincerity I repent<\/div>\n
my worship which is but hypocrisy.<\/div>\n
Yes, bring me wine, for I have renounced all renunciation<\/div>\n
and all my vaunted self-righteousness<\/div>\n
seems to me but swagger and self-display.<\/div>\n
Now for a time let my proof be wine<\/div>\n
against the sorrow of Time<\/div>\n
for only in drunkenness can one be free<\/div>\n
of the hour’s grief.<\/div>\n
Once I am thoroughly drunk, what difference<\/div>\n
if I end up in a church or in Mecca?<\/div>\n
Once I’ve abandoned myself, what matter<\/div>\n
if I win Union – or separation?<\/div>\n
I’ve been to the gambling house and seen<\/div>\n
that the losers there are pure;<\/div>\n
I’ve been to the monastery and have found<\/div>\n
no one but hypocrites.<\/div>\n
Now I’ve broken my repentance, at least<\/div>\n
do not break our covenant:<\/div>\n
at least welcome this broken heart and say<\/div>\n
“How are you? Where have you been?”<\/div>\n
I’ve been to Mecca, to circle the Kaaba<\/div>\n
but they refused me entrance<\/div>\n
saying “Off with you! \u00a0What merit have you earned<\/div>\n
outside, that we should admit you within?”<\/div>\n
Then, last night, I knocked<\/div>\n
at the tavern door;<\/div>\n
from within came a voice: “‘Iraqi! Come in!<\/div>\n
for you are one of the chosen!”<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n
from the introduction to Divine Flashes<\/i><\/div>\n
translation by William Chittick and Peter Wilson<\/div>\n

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\"squarekuficmosque\"<\/div>\n

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\"Iran's
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<\/div>\n
Shushtari<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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Translation:<\/div>\n
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We come to you in poverty, not riches, for you are the generous one.<\/p>\n

You accustomed us to every grace, may your grace endure.<\/p>\n

These poor disheveled souls of yours are drenched
\nin your love, because it is the utmost of desires.<\/p>\n

There is no one in richness like you
\nand in poverty there are none like us.<\/p>\n

We see you manifest in everything; nothing is ours.<\/p>\n

I hid your name out of jealousy. Look at me, lost on a mountain trail and a slope.<\/p>\n

Since you are always with me,
\nI have no need to carry provisions: I am rich.<\/p>\n

For you, you are the truth, there is no other
\nand I \u2013 would that I knew \u2013 who am I?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From Alvarez, L.M. Ab\u016b al-\u1e24<\/em>asan al-Shushtar\u012b: Songs of Love and Devotion<\/em>, (New York, Paulist Press, 2009), p. 69<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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