09 December 2009

Have You Ever Seen?, a Poem by Rumi







Have you ever seen
a drunkard without a hangover?
Have you ever seen
a rose without its thorn wounds?

Have you ever seen,
in the garden of water and flowers,
a Spring without a Fall?


When in sorrow,
escape towards God.
Have you ever seen
anyone more sympathetic than God?


Work for God
carry the load of  God
except for God
have you ever seen
anyone being so Efficient?


Have you ever seen
a soul not being polished by His Kindness?
Have you ever seen
a soul not being dusted off
by the shining of His Manifestation?


Close you lips and open your spiritual eyes
now that you've seen
the Divine Vision of the Confident.
Shams of Tabriz will give you a hand
if you suffer from the evil eye.
Rumi





هیچ خمری بیخماری دیده ای 

 هیچ گل بی زخم خاری دیده ای

در گلستان جهان آب وگل 

  بیخزانی نو بهاری دیده ای

چونک غم پیش آیدت در حق گریز  

هیچ چون حق غمگساری دیده ای

کار حق کن بار حق کش
 جز زحق هیچکس را کاروباری دیده ای

هیچ دل را بی صقال لطف او  

در تجلی بیغباری دیده ای

لب ببند و چشم عبرت برگشا

  چونک دیده اعتباری دیده ای

شمس تبریز بگیرد دست تو

گرزچشم بد عثاری دیده ای