| About the Mantiq al-Tayr |
"And silently their shining Lord replies:
'I am a mirror set before your eyes,
And all who come before my splendor see
Themselves, their own unique reality ...
... The Simurgh, Truth's last flawless jewel, the light
In which you will be lost to mortal sight,
Dispersed to nothingness until once more
You find in Me the selves you were before.'"
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| Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
| A rich lord and a dervish |
At public prayers a great lord cried: 'O God,
Have mercy on me now and spare the rod!'
A crazy dervish heard his prayer and said:
'You dare to call His mercies on your head
When your behaviour seems to say "The earth
Can hardly hold a person of my worth" --
You've raised a palace up against the sky,
Embellished it with gold to daze the eye;
Ten boys and ten young girls await your whim,
What claim have you on mercy or on Him?
Look on your life, on all that you possess --
There isn't room for mercy in this mess!
If Fate gave you my daily round of bread,
Then you could call down mercies on your head.
Shame on you, man! Until you turn aside
From power and wealth and all your stinking pride,
There's nothing to be done -- turn now, and see
How like a hero you can still break free.'
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