{"id":3270,"date":"2022-11-30T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2022-11-30T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:33:22","slug":"amazing-ghazal-of-rumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/11\/30\/amazing-ghazal-of-rumi\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Ghazal of Rumi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptianstreets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1548px-Horoscope_from_the_book_of_the_birth_of_Iskandar_Wellcome_L0015229.jpg?resize=584%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another great translation from Prof. Nicholas Boylston&#8230;<\/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\/VupIfpdjp3c?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:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>At every breath the song of love<\/h6>\n<h6>Arrives to us from left and right<\/h6>\n<h6>We\u2019re setting out to the celestial sphere<\/h6>\n<h6>Who has the guts to come with us?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The celestial sphere was once our home<\/h6>\n<h6>We were the friends of angels there<\/h6>\n<h6>We go again to that same place<\/h6>\n<h6>O Master, for that is our home<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Yet we are higher than the celestial sphere<\/h6>\n<h6>And more than even angels are<\/h6>\n<h6>Why should we not pass by them both?<\/h6>\n<h6>For Majesty is our abode<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>How great a distance separates<\/h6>\n<h6>This world of dust from Kawthar\u2019s pool<\/h6>\n<h6>Although we have come down to here<\/h6>\n<h6>We fly again. What place is this?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Youthful fortune is our friend<\/h6>\n<h6>To give our lives our only task<\/h6>\n<h6>The leader of our caravan<\/h6>\n<h6>Is this world\u2019s glory, Mustafa<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The breeze\u2019s fragrance comes to us<\/h6>\n<h6>From the curls of his beloved hair<\/h6>\n<h6>Imagination shimmering<\/h6>\n<h6>From his face like \u2018By the morning bright\u2019<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The moon was split by his fair face<\/h6>\n<h6>Not bearing to set eyes on him<\/h6>\n<h6>Even the moon achieved this fate<\/h6>\n<h6>A humble beggar though she is<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Now take a look within our heart<\/h6>\n<h6>At every breath the moon is split<\/h6>\n<h6>In view now of that that very view<\/h6>\n<h6>How can your eyes now turn away?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The wave of \u2018Am I not [your Lord]\u2019<\/h6>\n<h6>Has come and smashed the body\u2019s boat<\/h6>\n<h6>But since the boat is wrecked the turn<\/h6>\n<h6>Has come of to meet Him once again<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>We people are like water-fowl<\/h6>\n<h6>We were born upon the Spirit\u2019s sea<\/h6>\n<h6>How could it make this place its home<\/h6>\n<h6>A bird that rose up from that sea?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Nay, we must be in that sea,<\/h6>\n<h6>All of us are present there<\/h6>\n<h6>Otherwise from the Spirit\u2019s sea<\/h6>\n<h6>Why do the waves crash one by one?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The Union of the Encounter<\/h6>\n<h6>Has come, when beauty shall abide<\/h6>\n<h6>The time of gifts and kindnesses<\/h6>\n<h6>A sea that\u2019s pure as purity<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The wave of gifts has come to view,<\/h6>\n<h6>The sea\u2019s roaring now reaches us<\/h6>\n<h6>Felicity\u2019s dawn has breathed again,<\/h6>\n<h6>Not dawn. It is the Light of God.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Who is this form that that gives all form?<\/h6>\n<h6>Who is this king, this lord [this love]?<\/h6>\n<h6>Who is this ancient intellect?<\/h6>\n<h6>Why all these veils upon his face?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The remedy of all these veils of face<\/h6>\n<h6>Is nothing but this ferment here<\/h6>\n<h6>The fountain of these blessed draughts<\/h6>\n<h6>Is here within your head and eyes<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Your head itself, there\u2019s nothing there<\/h6>\n<h6>For in fact you have two heads:<\/h6>\n<h6>One head of dust that\u2019s from this earth<\/h6>\n<h6>One head that\u2019s from the celestial realm<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>O how many a pure head there is<\/h6>\n<h6>That has been cast beneath the dust<\/h6>\n<h6>So you may know this head right here<\/h6>\n<h6>Is by that head now kept aloft<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Hidden, the head that is the root<\/h6>\n<h6>The head that\u2019s branch is visible<\/h6>\n<h6>For once this world is finished up<\/h6>\n<h6>There is the world that has no end<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Take up your flask, O cupbearer<\/h6>\n<h6>And take your wine now from our cask<\/h6>\n<h6>For the jug of thought and perception<\/h6>\n<h6>Is narrower than a narrow way<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>The Sun of the Truth from Tabriz<\/h6>\n<h6>Shone out, and thus I said to him,<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Your light with everything is one,<\/h6>\n<h6>And yet apart from everything.\u2019<\/h6>\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\/_3iAgLdX0dE?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>Original:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>\u0647\u0631 \u0646\u0641\u0633 \u0622\u0648\u0627\u0632 \u0639\u0634\u0642 \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u0631\u0633\u062f \u0627\u0632 \u0686\u067e \u0648 \u0631\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u0641\u0644\u06a9 \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0645 \u0639\u0632\u0645 \u062a\u0645\u0627\u0634\u0627 \u06a9\u0647 \u0631\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u0641\u0644\u06a9 \u0628\u0648\u062f\u0647\u200c\u0627\u06cc\u0645 \u06cc\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0644\u06a9 \u0628\u0648\u062f\u0647\u200c\u0627\u06cc\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0627\u0632 \u0647\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u062c\u0627 \u0631\u0648\u06cc\u0645 \u062c\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u06a9\u0647 \u0622\u0646 \u0634\u0647\u0631 \u0645\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062e\u0648\u062f \u0632 \u0641\u0644\u06a9 \u0628\u0631\u062a\u0631\u06cc\u0645 \u0648\u0632 \u0645\u0644\u06a9 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0648\u0646\u062a\u0631\u06cc\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0632\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0648 \u0686\u0631\u0627 \u0646\u06af\u0630\u0631\u06cc\u0645 \u0645\u0646\u0632\u0644 \u0645\u0627 \u06a9\u0628\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06af\u0648\u0647\u0631 \u067e\u0627\u06a9 \u0627\u0632 \u06a9\u062c\u0627 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u062e\u0627\u06a9 \u0627\u0632 \u06a9\u062c\u0627<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0631 \u0686\u0647 \u0641\u0631\u0648\u062f \u0622\u0645\u062f\u06cc\u062a \u0628\u0627\u0631 \u06a9\u0646\u06cc\u062f \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0686\u0647 \u062c\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u062e\u062a \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u06cc\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0627 \u062f\u0627\u062f\u0646 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0627<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0642\u0627\u0641\u0644\u0647 \u0633\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0627 \u0641\u062e\u0631 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0635\u0637\u0641\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u0647 \u0627\u0648 \u0645\u0647 \u0634\u06a9\u0627\u0641\u062a \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0646 \u0627\u0648 \u0628\u0631\u0646\u062a\u0627\u0641\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0627\u0647 \u0686\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u062e\u062a \u06cc\u0627\u0641\u062a \u0627\u0648 \u06a9\u0647 \u06a9\u0645\u06cc\u0646\u0647 \u06af\u062f\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0648\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u0634 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0646\u0633\u06cc\u0645 \u0627\u0632 \u0634\u06a9\u0646 \u0632\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0648\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0634\u0639\u0634\u0639\u0647 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u062e\u06cc\u0627\u0644 \u0632\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u062e \u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0636\u062d\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062f\u0631 \u062f\u0644 \u0645\u0627 \u062f\u0631\u0646\u06af\u0631 \u0647\u0631 \u062f\u0645 \u0634\u0642 \u0642\u0645\u0631<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u0632 \u0646\u0638\u0631 \u0622\u0646 \u0646\u0638\u0631 \u0686\u0634\u0645 \u062a\u0648 \u0622\u0646 \u0633\u0648 \u0686\u0631\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062e\u0644\u0642 \u0686\u0648 \u0645\u0631\u063a\u0627\u0628\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0632\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0632 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u06cc \u062c\u0627\u0646<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u06cc \u06a9\u0646\u062f \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u062c\u0627 \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0645 \u0645\u0631\u063a \u06a9\u0632 \u0622\u0646 \u0628\u062d\u0631 \u062e\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0644\u06a9 \u0628\u0647 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0645 \u062c\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u0648 \u062d\u0627\u0636\u0631\u06cc\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0648\u0631 \u0646\u0647 \u0632 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u06cc \u062f\u0644 \u0645\u0648\u062c \u067e\u06cc\u0627\u067e\u06cc \u0686\u0631\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0622\u0645\u062f \u0645\u0648\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u062a \u06a9\u0634\u062a\u06cc \u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0628\u0628\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0627\u0632 \u0686\u0648 \u06a9\u0634\u062a\u06cc \u0634\u06a9\u0633\u062a \u0646\u0648\u0628\u062a \u0648\u0635\u0644 \u0648 \u0644\u0642\u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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Translation: At every breath the song of love Arrives to us from left and right We\u2019re setting out to the celestial sphere Who has the guts to come with us? 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