| Divine Face of Jalal ud Din Rumi |
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| Me busy rhyming and my Beloved hath me asked
Stop thinking about anything but Him, so remarked Rest at peace my rhyming conscious mind Thou before my eyes, thy favor on my hind What are words, so anxiously I do seek? The thorns veiling the vineyard they creep Words, sounds, speech, I do exterminate In absence of trio Thee have me obligate The fact that I had kept hidden from Adam (1) I shall reveal to thee O the marvelous One! The fact that I had not revealed to Ishmael (2) The fact that is not in knowledge of Gabriel The fact that Jesus Christ did not tell God holds unto him, none may compel! The question holds answer: both �Yes� and �No� I am not �Yes� because me �not� in being. Lo! I have but found death in living a life Setting existence to annihilate I smile (3) Strengthen thy defense, when flood is to rise It will destroy put everything to sad demise My grief had not bought me desolation Royal treasure is but buried in isolation |
| One lost in God, still wants to loose more
Desire not to rise though waves do allure Happy sailing above the river or sinking below One may prefer His shield or beseech His arrow? Oh heart! Ever caught in worries at thy brow May discern between happiness and sorrow? Thou, wanting to seek thy sweet objective Being desire-less thy Beloved is reflective His star is recompense for a hundred moon He may kill and plunge world to his boon We do get the price; our due recompense Who are ready to loose life at thy expense? Kings bow to all who do them honor All beloveds deeply love their lover Kings are slaves of their humble slaves All are really dead to their folks� graves Hunter putting himself to target, he may Surely does it so to choose his own prey Beloveds are in Love with lovers heartily Beloveds are but sweet prey essentially Who is a lover, beloved thee may reckon In Love one enjoys but a twin disposition Though the thirsty seek water on this earth The water too waits for his drinker�s mirth (4) |
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| (1) It is the completeness of Deen on Hazrat Muhammad (SAW),
(2) Ishmael was the eldest son of Abraham (father of all prophets) from Hagar. Ishmael was the prophet sent to Arabs and the pre-Islamic Arabs preserved a distorted version of his message. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is his descendant, though rightfully belonging to the clan of Abraham, but the only one through Ishmael. (3) See more on annihilation....Click for detail |
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