2007年5月1日火曜日

RUMI: as soon as you see the dawn

Think neither of being accepted nor of being turned away,
but always consider the Divine command and prohibition.
Then suddenly the bird of Divine attraction
will fly toward you from its nest:
as soon as you see the dawn, put out the candle.
When the eyes have become piercing,
it's the dawn's light that illuminates them:
in the shell the illumined eye beholds the kernel.
In each speck it beholds the everlasting Sun;
in the drop it beholds the entire Sea.

Maulana Jallaluddin Rumi, may Allah sanctify his soul & bless his secret Mathnawi VI, Version by C. & K. Helminski
Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance', Threshold Books

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