Your call 'O God!' is My call 'I am here.'
Your supplication is My message, dear,
And your striving to come close to Me
Is but a sign that I draw you to Me.
Your loving quest and pain:signs of My grace!
In each 'O God!' a hundred 'Here's My Face!'
Maulana Jallaluddin Rumi, may Allah sanctify his soul & bless his secret
2007年3月3日土曜日
Demolish this house
Demolish this house, for a thousand houses
may be made from this carnelian.
A treasure lies beneath the house,
So don’t stand still, for there is no other way.
Don’t be afraid of destroying the house,
because with its treasure in your hand you can build
a thousand houses without toil and pain.
In the end this house will fall into ruin,
and the treasure beneath it will be revealed;
But it won’t be yours,
since your soul receives that divine gift
as wages for destroying the house.
If it hasn’t done the hard work, it earns nothing:
There is nothing for the human being hereafter
but recompense for that which she has wrought here.
may be made from this carnelian.
A treasure lies beneath the house,
So don’t stand still, for there is no other way.
Don’t be afraid of destroying the house,
because with its treasure in your hand you can build
a thousand houses without toil and pain.
In the end this house will fall into ruin,
and the treasure beneath it will be revealed;
But it won’t be yours,
since your soul receives that divine gift
as wages for destroying the house.
If it hasn’t done the hard work, it earns nothing:
There is nothing for the human being hereafter
but recompense for that which she has wrought here.
Mathnawi IV, Maulana Jallaluddin Rumi, may Allah sanctify his soul & bless his secret
2007年3月1日木曜日
Graciously give me clarity
O my Sustainer.
deliver me from this imprisonment of free will.
The one-way pull on the straight Path*
is better than the two-way pull of perplexity.
Though You are the only goal of these two ways,
still this duality is agonizing to the spirit.
deliver me from this imprisonment of free will.
The one-way pull on the straight Path*
is better than the two-way pull of perplexity.
Though You are the only goal of these two ways,
still this duality is agonizing to the spirit.
Though the destination of these two ways is You alone,
still the battle is never like the banquet.
Listen to the explanation God gave in the Quran:
they shrank from bearing it.**
This perplexity in the heart is like war:
when a man is perplexed he says,
"I wonder whether this is better for my situation or that."
still the battle is never like the banquet.
Listen to the explanation God gave in the Quran:
they shrank from bearing it.**
This perplexity in the heart is like war:
when a man is perplexed he says,
"I wonder whether this is better for my situation or that."
In perplexity the fear of failure and the hope of success
are always in conflict with each other, advancing, retreating.
From You came this ebb and flow within me;
otherwise this sea of mine would be still.
From that source from which You gave me this perplexity,
likewise now, graciously give me clarity.
are always in conflict with each other, advancing, retreating.
From You came this ebb and flow within me;
otherwise this sea of mine would be still.
From that source from which You gave me this perplexity,
likewise now, graciously give me clarity.
Mathnawi VI, Maulana Jallaluddin Rumi, may Allah sanctify his soul & bless his secret
*The Holy Quran, 1:6 The Opening
**The Holy Quran, 33:72 The Confederates
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