{"id":3272,"date":"2022-11-28T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2022-11-30T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:15:51","slug":"rumi-its-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/11\/28\/rumi-its-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumi\u2014It&#8217;s a lie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/11\/28\/rumi-its-a-lie\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?fit=717%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"717,720\" 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=\"672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?fit=584%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?resize=584%2C586\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/672aced90814a8953adba09cca16cff3.jpeg?resize=299%2C300&amp;ssl=1 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wonderful ghazal, wonderfully translated by Prof Nicholas Boylston:<\/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\/p0o7kzn9NYg?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><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201cThe king of love has no loyalty.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<br \/>\nThey say, \u201cThe morning does not lead to eve.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<br \/>\nThey say, \u201cWhy do you kill yourselves for the sake of love?<br \/>\nAfter the annihilation of the body nothing remains.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<br \/>\nThey say, \u201cThose tears you weep for love are pointless for<br \/>\nOnce the eyes are closed there\u2019s no reunion.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<br \/>\nThey say that once we quit the wheel of time<br \/>\nOur soul will not continue on its way.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<br \/>\nThus say the ones not freed from fantasy,<br \/>\n\u201cThe stories of the prophets are all fantasy.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Thus say the ones who travel not the righteous path,<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s no way the slave will ever reach the Lord.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201cThe One Who knows the secrets of all hearts<br \/>\nNever speaks the mysteries directly to His slave.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201cThe secret of the heart is never opened to the slave,<br \/>\nAnd grace will never lift the servant to the skies.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201cThe one whose clay was kneaded from the dust<br \/>\nWill never come to know the heavenly folk.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/p>\n<p>They say that every mote of bad and good was not bestowed<br \/>\nBy the Sun of Truth upon the people.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Be silent, and if anyone should tell you<br \/>\nThere is no way to speak save sound and words\u2026<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lie.<\/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\/L0UyxPCf6HI?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><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/11\/4207265397_709f4fbd0b_b.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3276\" 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They say, \u201cThe morning does not lead to eve.\u201d It\u2019s a lie. They say, \u201cWhy do you kill yourselves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/11\/28\/rumi-its-a-lie\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65685],"tags":[65695,65694],"class_list":["post-3272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-persian","tag-persian-sufi-poetry","tag-rumi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NI4C-QM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3277,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions\/3277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}