| 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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| Friday, December 08, 2006 |
| A hermit questions the ocean |
A hermit asked the ocean: 'Why are you
Clothed in these mourning robes of darkest blue?*
You seem to boil, and yet I see no fire!'
The ocean said: 'My feverish desire
Is for the absent Friend. I am too base
For Him; my dark robes indicate disgrace
And lonely pain. Love makes my billows rage;
Love is the fire which nothing can assuage.
My salt lips thirst for Kausar's** cleansing stream.'
For those pure waters tens of thousands dream
And are prepared to perish; night and day
They search and fall exhausted by the Way."
* Blue was the colour of mourning in ancient Persia; the epic poet Ferdowsi (10th -11th centuries) mentions it as being worn by the first of the legendary Persian kings, Keyumars, when in mourning for his son Siyamak.
** A stream that flows through paradise. |
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