shams

Mowlana (Rumi)

translation by giv arya

"I" * my insanity * tiding * child * need * my love * dragon within * If * day of regret * Reason * Saints * Departure

I
.. the scribe
wrote in three scripts.
One,
he could read and no other
One,
he could read and one other
One,
he could not read and no other
That third script
is me.
Shams-

my insanity

With all of my insanity,
Many a wise men, I have buried

With all of my ignorance,
I have left behind the learned

tiding

within me,
there was a tiding
as if I flow on land
i am not!?

child

There was a child;
heard my words.
still a child,
left his parents

All day, he wondered around me
head on my lap
All day.
(parents unable to -- object)

Many times,
I eavesdropped to hear what he has to say
This I heard:
"In your road, Lovers, come and go, frequent,
Drops of blood, they shed and leave.
I am staying; forever; as dust.
Others come and go, as wind."

I inquired.
Said: " -NO !"
At eighteen died.

need

If you have hundred thousand Derhams and Dinars
and this castle,
full of gold,
and you give it, all, to me,
I look at this very forehead of yours
If in that forehead,
I see no light
and within your heart
I see no need
That Castle of gold is but a pile of Dung.

my love

Whomever, I love,
I shall be Cruel to
If she accepts, Then,
I am of her.

dragon within

A crowd I saw;
frightened, running!
I inquired.
I was warned
There has appeared a Dragon,
devouring the universe.

I had no fear.
I moved forward
saw a door made of Iron
width and length could not fit description

The door locked with a heavy lock,
five hundred Man heavy

One said:
Here the Dragon is,
the seven headed Dragon.
Do not wonder around this Door!

I was shaken by my ardor and zeal
I brook the lock;
and opened the door

I saw a worm
stepped on it
Under my feet
crashed it
and killed it.

If

If
I had a country
and power,
One color,
the whole world would have been,
Swords,
would have not stayed
Hate,
would have not stayed
But
It is not so.

day of regret

There is a day called
Day of Regret,
On that day
They shall say:
Alas,
What a pity,
What have we done?!
That Alas has no benefit.
But,
Regret of this hour is of benefit
- That is
Alas!
What are we doing?!

Reason

Reason
cuts the way to the dawn!
But
within "the House",
It will not go.
There
Reason is veil,
Heart is veil,
and
Head, Veil.

Saints

Who are Saints?
What have I to do with Saints?
"-We are Saints!" She said.
Say no more!
You are Saint of others.
Others,
your Saints.

Departure

... -Now,
The time to depart has arrived.
-Every moment,
Separate.
-Every moment,
Arrive.
-Every moment,
Depart..