{"id":938,"date":"2013-07-06T03:53:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=938"},"modified":"2020-02-19T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:16:16","slug":"rumi-by-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/07\/06\/rumi-by-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumi: By love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/03\/05\/hafez-your-beauty-like-my-love\/mahabbah-circle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg?fit=499%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"499,500\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"mahabbah circle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg?fit=499%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-616\" title=\"mahabbah circle\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg?resize=299%2C300&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/03\/mahabbah-circle.jpg?w=499&amp;ssl=1 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>By love, the bitter becomes sweet<\/h6>\n<h6>By love copper coins become gold<\/h6>\n<h6>By love, the dregs become clear<\/h6>\n<h6>By love, the pain becomes healing<\/h6>\n<h6>By love, the dead is made living<\/h6>\n<h6>By love, the king is made a slave<\/h6>\n<h6>And this love is the result of knowledge<\/h6>\n<h6>Who, in foolishness, ever sat on such a throne?<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Original:<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u062a\u0644\u062e\u0647\u0627 \u0634\u06cc\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u0634\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u0645\u0633\u0647\u0627 \u0632\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u0634\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u062f\u0631\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0635\u0627\u0641\u06cc \u0634\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u062f\u0631\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0634\u0627\u0641\u06cc \u0634\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0647 \u0632\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u06a9\u0646\u0646\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u0634\u0627\u0647 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u0645\u06cc\u200c\u06a9\u0646\u0646\u062f<\/h6>\n<div>\n<h6>\u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0628\u062a \u0647\u0645 \u0646\u062a\u06cc\u062c\u0647\u0654 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u0634\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u06cc \u06af\u0632\u0627\u0641\u0647 \u0628\u0631 \u0686\u0646\u06cc\u0646 \u062a\u062e\u062a\u06cc \u0646\u0634\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>Compare with James Taylor&#8217;s song, the lyrics of which seem worthy of the Diwan-i Shams<\/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\/YoevtZiVR4k?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>Lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something in the way she moves,<br \/>\nOr looks my way, or calls my name,<br \/>\nThat seems to leave this troubled world behind.<br \/>\nAnd if I&#8217;m feeling down and blue,<br \/>\nOr troubled by some foolish game,<br \/>\nShe always seems to make me change my mind.<br \/>\nAnd I feel fine anytime she&#8217;s around me now,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s around me now<br \/>\nJust about all the time<br \/>\nAnd if I&#8217;m well you can tell she&#8217;s been with me now,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s been with me now quite a long, long time<br \/>\nAnd I feel fine.<br \/>\nIt isn&#8217;t what she&#8217;s got to say<br \/>\nBut how she thinks and where she&#8217;s been<br \/>\nTo me, the words are nice, the way they sound<br \/>\nI like to hear them best that way<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t much matter what they mean<br \/>\nIf she says them mostly just to calm me down<em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nAnd I feel fine anytime she&#8217;s around me now,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s around me now<br \/>\nJust about all the time<br \/>\nAnd if I&#8217;m well you can tell she&#8217;s been with me now,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s been with me now quite a long, long time<br \/>\nAnd I feel fine.<br \/>\nEvery now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning<br \/>\nAnd I find myself careening<br \/>\nInto places where I should not let me go.<br \/>\n&#8212; She has the power to go where no one else can find me<br \/>\nAnd to silently remind me<br \/>\nOf the happiness and the good times that I know, got to know.<br \/>\nAnd I feel fine anytime she&#8217;s around me now,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s around me now<br \/>\nJust about all the time<br \/>\nAnd if I&#8217;m well you can tell she&#8217;s been with me now,<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s been with me now quite a long, long time<br \/>\nAnd I feel fine.<br \/>\nLyrics from http:\/\/www.elyrics.net<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/life-is-love-dot.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/01\/07\/points-of-ink-gasps-of-breath\/life-is-love-dot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/life-is-love-dot.jpeg?fit=596%2C644&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"596,644\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\" &amp;#8220;Life is Love, and Love is Life&amp;#8221;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/life-is-love-dot.jpeg?fit=584%2C631&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-442\" title=\" &quot;Life is Love, and Love is Life&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/life-is-love-dot-277x300.jpeg?resize=277%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/life-is-love-dot.jpeg?resize=277%2C300&amp;ssl=1 277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/life-is-love-dot.jpeg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Rumi is said to have written elsewhere:<\/p>\n<h6>You come to us from another world;<br \/>\nFrom beyond the stars and a void of space<br \/>\nTranscendent, pure \u2013 of unimaginable beauty.<br \/>\nBringing with You the essence of Love.<br \/>\nYou transform all who are touched by You &#8211;<br \/>\nMundane concerns, troubles and sorrows dissolve in Your presence<br \/>\nBringing joy to ruler &amp; ruled, to peasants and kings.<br \/>\nYou bewilder us with Your grace;<br \/>\nAll evil is transformed into goodness.<br \/>\nYou are the Master Alchemist!<br \/>\nYou light the fire of Love in earth &amp; sky,<br \/>\nIn heart &amp; soul of every being.<br \/>\nThrough Your loving, existence &amp; non-existence merge<br \/>\nAll opposites unite<br \/>\nAll that is profane becomes sacred again.<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Be sure that in the Religion of Love, there are no believers or unbelievers<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Love embraces all.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/07\/06\/rumi-by-love\/waw-busra-mosque\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?fit=5439%2C3205&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5439,3205\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"waw busra mosque\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?fit=584%2C344&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-948\" title=\"waw busra mosque\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque-1024x603.jpg?resize=584%2C343\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?resize=1024%2C603&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?resize=500%2C294&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/waw-busra-mosque.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Translation: By love, the bitter becomes sweet By love copper coins become gold By love, the dregs become clear By love, the pain becomes healing By love, the dead is made living By love, the king is made a slave &hellip; 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