Peace, one and all…
‘A person weeping out of fear of God is a delight to the eye’
(The Aphorisms of Ali, The Letter Ba’)
Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman
Archive for May 31st, 2007
The Aphorisms of Ali: no. 6
May 31, 2007Under the Hand of this Love
May 31, 2007Peace, one and all…
How strange I feel under the hand of this love.
I can’t see my way, under the hand of this love.
Once I was the crown of the universe.
Now I’m dirt to walk on, under the hand of this love.
Like a lonely nightingale I call.
Blood streams from my eyes, under the hand of this love.
My face, like an autumn leaf, will glow,
darken and die, under the hand of this love.
On the Final Day, with my collar torn
let me weep, under the hand of this love.
What can I do when I’m so far from Union?
My back is bent, under the hand of this love.
Yunus, you pray for Taptuk so much.
Don’t ask, ‘What shall I do?’ under the hand of this love.
(Yunus Emre, trans. Kabir Helminski & Rafik Algan)
Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman
No Choice, Only Dust
May 31, 2007Peace, one and all…
‘Drop all coverings and bring along your lovesick heart
then you may walk in Love’s company
be erased from your own being and surrender
shadowlessly walk in Love’s company
better to willingly choose to be dust in this Love
for eventually there’ll be no choice, only dust’
(Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami Diwan)
Ma’as salama,
Abdur Rahman
