{"id":294,"date":"2012-11-18T03:33:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T08:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=294"},"modified":"2013-03-13T02:52:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T07:52:23","slug":"like-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2012\/11\/18\/like-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Like water&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Consider the creatures as pure and limpid water, within which shine the Attributes of the Almighty. \u00a0Their knowledge, their justice, their kindness all are stars of heaven reflected in flowing water. \u00a0Kings are a locus of manifestation for God\u2019s Kingliness, the learned a locus for His Knowledge. \u00a0Generations have passed, and this is a new generation. The moon is the same, the water different. \u00a0Justice is the same justice, learning the same learning, but peoples and nations have changed. \u00a0Generation upon generation has passed, oh friend, but these Meanings are constant and everlasting. \u00a0The water in the stream has changed many times, but the reflection of the moon and the stars remains the same. \u00a0\u00a0All pictured forms are reflections in the water of the stream; when you rub your eyes, indeed, all are He.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi qs\u00a0: Mathnavi VI 3172-78, 83<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0627\u0632 \u0645\u0634\u0631\u0628 \u0642\u0633\u0645\u062a \u06af\u0644\u0647 \u0646\u0627\u0627\u0646\u0635\u0627 \u0641\u06cc\u0633\u062a \u00a0 \u0637\u0628\u0639 \u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0622\u0628 \u0648 \u063a\u0632\u0644\u200c\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0631\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0627 \u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0633<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Hafez, don&#8217;t rail against your fate!<\/h6>\n<h6>Your nature flows,<\/h6>\n<h6>As does your verse, like water as<\/h6>\n<h6>It comes and goes&#8230;that&#8217;s quite enough for me<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From: Dick Davis. \u00a0<em>Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz<\/em>. \u00a0Mage, 2012<\/p>\n<h1>Como el Agua<\/h1>\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\/WnAQdnPa7a4?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>Like water<\/p>\n<p>Divine light of my heart<br \/>\nIlluminating my heart<br \/>\nMy body walks cheerfully<br \/>\nBecause it&#8217;s carrying your illusion.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, like water.<br \/>\nLike water.<br \/>\nLike water.<\/p>\n<p>Like clear water<br \/>\nRunning down from the mountain,<br \/>\nI want to see you<br \/>\nDay and night.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, like water.<br \/>\nLike water.<br \/>\nLike water.<\/p>\n<p>I want all of your warmth<br \/>\nMy body is yours<br \/>\nIf you want<br \/>\nWe both have fire<br \/>\nRunning in our blood.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, like water.<br \/>\nLike water.<br \/>\nLike water.<\/p>\n<p>If your eyes were<br \/>\nGreen olive,<br \/>\nAll night long, I would be<br \/>\nCrushing<br \/>\nCrushing, crushing,<br \/>\nCrushing<br \/>\nAll night long, I would be<br \/>\nCrushing<br \/>\nCrushing, crushing,<br \/>\nCrushing, crushing<br \/>\nCrushing<\/p>\n<p>Oh, like water.<br \/>\nLike water.<br \/>\nLike water.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original<\/p>\n<p>Como el agua<\/p>\n<p>Luz del alma mia divina<br \/>\nque a mi me alumbra mi corazon<br \/>\nmi cuerpo alegre camina<br \/>\nporque de ti lleva la ilusion.<\/p>\n<p>Ay, como el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<\/p>\n<p>Como el agua clara<br \/>\nque abaja del monte,<br \/>\nasi quiero verte<br \/>\nde dia y de noche.<\/p>\n<p>Ay, como el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<\/p>\n<p>De ti deseo yo to el calor<br \/>\npa ti mi cuerpo si<br \/>\nlo quieres tu<br \/>\nfuego en la sangre nos<br \/>\ncorre a los dos.<\/p>\n<p>Ay, como el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<\/p>\n<p>Si tus ojillos fueran<br \/>\naceitunitas verdes,<br \/>\ntoa la noche estaria<br \/>\nmuele que<br \/>\nmuele, muele que<br \/>\nmuele,<br \/>\ntoa la noche estaria<br \/>\nmuele que<br \/>\nmuele, muele<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nmuele, muele<br \/>\nque muele.<\/p>\n<p>Ay, como el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<br \/>\nComo el agua.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>translation and lyrics from <a href=\"http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/como-el-agua-water.html\">this<\/a> site<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Consider the creatures as pure and limpid water, within which shine the Attributes of the Almighty. \u00a0Their knowledge, their justice, their kindness all are stars of heaven reflected in flowing water. \u00a0Kings are a locus of manifestation for God\u2019s Kingliness, &hellip; 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