| Divine Face Of Jalal ud Din Rumi |
| Points To Ponder |
| Related Notes |
| (1) Iron while hot may consider that it is glowy and illuminated, but out of fire it starts cooling and is as dull and black as ever. Similarly the students feel enlightened and illuminated in the presence of a teacher, who is interacting with them, burnishing their intellect. No sooner, they step out of classroom, most of them revert to their common foolish ways. |
| Website Created & maintained by Seema Arif |
| Translation & Commentary by Seema Arif |
| Next "Science of Philosophy" |
 |
 |
| Go To PreviousPage |
| Go To Rumi Index |
|
 |
| I�m to serve; may serve the person rightly
Of any service regards not himself worthy One has to go through station after station Only then one may reach the destination Iron has turned red, but is not red actually Borrowed reflection of fire shining casually (1) Windows and walls declare lit we are any way Reckon them not! Sun is shining bright that day Even if they insist we are emanating on our own No reflection dawning upon us is ever shown The sun would exclaim: Oh the misguided When I�ll set only then you will acknowledge If the garden would say we ourselves are green We are smiling bright and beautiful and serene Spring would proclaim: O the created one! Watch thyself clearly when I am but gone Body is duly proud of its beauty and is wanton Soul hath its wealth and grandeur but hidden Soul remarks to body: What is thy worth O hallow You have lived comfortably for years in my shadow Whole world cannot hold thy charisma and vanity Wait for the moment, when I�m departed from thee Your friends themselves shall prepare grave for you Hurriedly in the hole they would like to throw you When thy friends shall have thee buried in grave Thou shall be served as food to ants and snakes Everyone shall close its nose, even those Who regarded you dearer than their souls Spirit but gives life to eye, tongue and ear The fire brings boil to water, pot is to bear Just as soul doth affects the body inherently The Abdal do affect my spirit very secretly When the spirit of soul shall itself withdraw Be ready! Soul like body be a lifeless claw I prostrate on earth just for the reason clear On Doom�s Day it may my witness bear On Doom�s Day when earth shall be quaking The sole witness it shall be to all the shaking She will speak autonomously fearing none The earth shall narrate tales about everyone |
| Learn With Rumi about Knowledge |
|
| Learn With Rumi about Masters and Students |
|