{"id":628,"date":"2013-03-09T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=628"},"modified":"2013-03-10T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T23:00:56","slug":"loves-single-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/03\/09\/loves-single-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumi and Hafez: Love&#8217;s Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong>Rumi:<\/strong><\/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\/lvazikVE5Q0?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<h6><\/h6>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p><em>When the tent-pavilion was pitched for Solomon, the birds came before him to pay their respects.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<em>They found him speaking their language and familiar with them; one by one, they sped with eager souls into his presence. All the birds, having ceased from twittering, became more articulate with Solomon than your own brother:<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><strong>Having the same tongue is kinship and affinity,<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>With those with whom no intimacy exists, a man is in prison.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>There are many Hindus and Turks with the same tongue,<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>And oh, many a pair of Turks, strangers to each other.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Hence the tongue of intimacy is something else,<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>It is better to be of one heart than of one tongue.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Without speech, without oath, without register,<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>A hundred thousand interpreters from the heart arise.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>from:<\/p>\n<h6>Seyyed Hossein Nasr<\/h6>\n<div>The Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi<\/div>\n<div>(Oakton, VA: The Foundation for Traditional Studies, 2007), pp. 96-97<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>\u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0633\u0644\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0627 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u067e\u0631\u062f\u0647 \u0632\u062f\u0646\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062c\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0634 \u0628\u0647 \u062e\u062f\u0645\u062a \u0622\u0645\u062f\u0646\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0647\u0645\u200c\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u0645\u062d\u0631\u0645 \u062e\u0648\u062f \u06cc\u0627\u0641\u062a\u0646\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u067e\u06cc\u0634 \u0627\u0648\u00a0\u06cc\u06a9 \u06cc\u06a9 \u0628\u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0634\u062a\u0627\u0641\u062a\u0646\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062c\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u063a\u0627\u0646\u00a0\u062a\u0631\u06a9\u00a0\u06a9\u0631\u062f\u0647 \u0686\u06cc\u06a9 \u0686\u06cc\u06a9<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0627 \u0633\u0644\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u06af\u0634\u062a\u0647 \u0627\u0641\u0635\u062d \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u062e\u06cc\u06a9<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0647\u0645\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u06cc\u0634\u06cc \u0648 \u067e\u06cc\u0648\u0646\u062f\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0631\u062f \u0628\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u0645\u062d\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>\u0647\u0645\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u06cc\u0634\u06cc \u0648 \u067e\u06cc\u0648\u0646\u062f\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0631\u062f \u0628\u0627 \u0646\u0627\u0645\u062d\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u06cc\u00a0\u0628\u0633\u0627\u00a0\u0647\u0646\u062f\u0648\u00a0\u0648\u00a0\u062a\u0631\u06a9\u00a0\u0647\u0645\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u06cc\u00a0\u0628\u0633\u0627\u00a0\u062f\u0648\u00a0\u062a\u0631\u06a9\u00a0\u0686\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u06cc\u06af\u0627\u0646\u06af\u0627\u0646<\/h6>\n<h6>\u067e\u0633 \u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0631\u0645\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u062f \u062f\u06cc\u06af\u0631\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0647\u0645\u062f\u0644\u06cc \u0627\u0632\u00a0\u0647\u0645\u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u0628\u0647\u062a\u0631\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u063a\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0637\u0642\u00a0\u0648\u00a0\u063a\u06cc\u0631\u00a0\u0627\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u00a0\u0648\u00a0\u0633\u062c\u0644<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0635\u062f \u0647\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u062e\u06cc\u0632\u062f \u0632 \u062f\u0644<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062c\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u063a\u0627\u0646 \u0647\u0631 \u06cc\u06a9\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u062e\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0647\u0646\u0631 \u0648\u0632 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u0634 \u0648 \u0627\u0632 \u06a9\u0627\u0631 \u062e\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hafez:<\/strong><\/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\/Glk97oiK4xU?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>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>Morning breeze of joy, by that way that you know<\/h6>\n<h6>Go to to that one&#8217;s street and tell her at that time you know<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>You are the messenger of the mysteries of khalwa, and I am watching your road<\/h6>\n<h6>Ride humbly, not haughtily, in that way that you know<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>You could say that my dear soul fell from my hand<\/h6>\n<h6>For God&#8217;s sake, give me, from that soul-nourishing ruby (your mouth), that which you know<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>I wrote these few words in such a way that no one understood<\/h6>\n<h6>you too, read them kindly in that way that you know.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>The image of your blade (smile) is like water to a thirsty man<\/h6>\n<h6>you took your prisoner, so slay in that way that you know<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>How can I not fasten my hope to your embroidered belt?<\/h6>\n<h6>My dear, there is a subtlety in that waist, as you well know<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Hafez, Turkish and Arabic are one in this work<\/h6>\n<h6>tell love&#8217;s tale in any language that you know<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0646\u0633\u06cc\u0645 \u0635\u0628\u062d \u0633\u0639\u0627\u062f\u062a \u0628\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u0634\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u06af\u0630\u0631 \u0628\u0647 \u06a9\u0648\u06cc \u0641\u0644\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0646 \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u0646 \u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>\u062a\u0648 \u067e\u06cc\u06a9 \u062e\u0644\u0648\u062a \u0631\u0627\u0632\u06cc \u0648 \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0647 \u0628\u0631 \u0633\u0631 \u0631\u0627\u0647\u062a \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0628\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645\u06cc \u0646\u0647 \u0628\u0647 \u0641\u0631\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0686\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>\u0628\u06af\u0648 \u06a9\u0647 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0632\u06cc\u0632\u0645 \u0632 \u062f\u0633\u062a \u0631\u0641\u062a \u00a0\u062e\u062f\u0627 \u0631\u0627 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0632 \u0644\u0639\u0644 \u0631\u0648\u062d\u200c\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u0628\u0628\u062e\u0634 \u0622\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u062d\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u0646\u0648\u0634\u062a\u0645 \u0686\u0646\u0627\u0646\u200c\u06a9\u0647 \u063a\u06cc\u0631 \u0646\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u062a\u0648 \u0647\u0645 \u0632 \u0631\u0648\u06cc \u06a9\u0631\u0627\u0645\u062a \u0686\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>\u062e\u06cc\u0627\u0644 \u062a\u06cc\u063a \u062a\u0648 \u0628\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u062d\u062f\u06cc\u062b \u062a\u0634\u0646\u0647 \u0648 \u0622\u0628 \u0627\u0633\u062a \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0627\u0633\u06cc\u0631 \u062e\u0648\u06cc\u0634 \u06af\u0631\u0641\u062a\u06cc\u060c \u0628\u06a9\u0634 \u0686\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u062f \u062f\u0631 \u06a9\u0645\u0631 \u0632\u0631\u06a9\u0634\u062a \u0686\u06af\u0648\u0646\u0647 \u0628\u0628\u0646\u062f\u0645 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u062f\u0642\u06cc\u0642\u0647\u200c \u0627\u06cc\u200c \u0633\u062a \u0646\u06af\u0627\u0631\u0627 \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>\u06cc\u06a9\u06cc\u200c\u0633\u062a \u062a\u0631\u06a9\u06cc \u0648 \u062a\u0627\u0632\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u062d\u062f\u06cc\u062b \u0639\u0634\u0642 \u0628\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0646 \u0628\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some more quotes\/interpretations from Rumi and Hafez for which I haven&#8217;t found the original:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hafez<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Look at This Beauty<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of this poem is beyond words.<br \/>\nDo you need a guide to experience the heat of the sun?<\/p>\n<p>Blessed is the brush of the painter who paints<br \/>\nSuch beautiful pictures for his virgin bride.<\/p>\n<p>Look at this beauty. There is no reason for what you see.<br \/>\nExperience its grace. Even in nature there is nothing so fine.<\/p>\n<p>Either this poem is a miracle, or some sort of magic trick.<br \/>\nGuided either by Gabriel or the Invisible Voice, inside.<\/p>\n<p>No one, not even Hafiz, can describe with words the Great Mystery.<br \/>\nNo one knows in which shell the priceless pearl does hide.<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>&#8211; Translation by Thomas Rain Crowe<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0From: Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved 100 Poems of Hafiz\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Shambhala 2001<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Rumi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love-window. The moon won\u2019t use the door, only the window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Love is that that never sleeps, nor even rests,\u00a0nor stays for long with those that do.\u00a0Love is language that cannot be said,\u00a0or heard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSilence is the language of God,<br \/>\nall else is poor translation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a voice that doesn\u2019t use words.\u00a0Listen.&#8221;:<\/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\/za5umZmjGNM?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\/WwcdQqF7dc8?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\/w11tpKMoMWI?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumi: Translation: When the tent-pavilion was pitched for Solomon, the birds came before him to pay their respects.\u00a0\u00a0They found him speaking their language and familiar with them; one by one, they sped with eager souls into his presence. 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