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Read more about the article Pause for Poetry – In Conversation with Halee I Cosar

Pause for Poetry – In Conversation with Halee I Cosar

  "Poetry provides us with our truth. If a poet is not truthful it becomes very clear in a poem. Poets do not usually write for fame or fortune so poetry has an element of the sacred." Halee…

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Read more about the article Pause for Poetry – In Conversation with Abbas Mohamed

Pause for Poetry – In Conversation with Abbas Mohamed

"The role of rhetoric, academic articles, of preachers on the pulpits are all indubitably and absolutely crucial in building the foundation of our community’s faith and Islamic identity, I won’t argue with that. However, even when combined, they…

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Read more about the article Pause for Poetry: In conversation with Rakaya Esime Fetuga

Pause for Poetry: In conversation with Rakaya Esime Fetuga

Roundhouse Poetry Slam winner Rakaya Esime Fetuga discusses the interaction of faith, culture and expression in her work. A selection of Rakaya’s poetry will appear in the upcoming anthology A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES – Muslim Voices in Contemporary…

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From Peace Be Upon You by H I Cosar in A KALEIDOSC From Peace Be Upon You by H I Cosar in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES - Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
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من به هر جمعيتي نالان شدم جف من به هر جمعيتي نالان شدم جفت بد‌‌‌حالان و خوش‌حالان شدم man be har jamʿiyati nālān shodam Joft-e bad hālān o khosh hālān shodam In every gathering I lamented I became a companion to those in a bad state and to those in a good state. ‏ ‪.‬ man‪ . I‬من ‏ ‪.‬ beh ‪.‬ in‪/‬withبه ‏ ‪.‬ har ‪.‬ everyهر ‏ ‪.‬ jamʿiyatī ‪.‬ gathering جمعيتي ‏‪. nālān shodam .‬ ‪[‬I‪]‬ lamented نالان شدم ‪جفت . joft-e . companion of‬ ‪بد‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌حالان . bad hālān . those in a bad state‬ ‪و . o . and‬ ‪خوش‌حالان . khosh hālān . those in a good state‬ ‪شدم . shodam . I was/ I became ‬ From the first lines of the Neyname, the Reed Poem, Rumi’s introduction to his Masnavi. #rumi #masnavi #neyname #mevlevi #mevlana
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from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar from Mysticism in Urdu Poetry by R.S. Bhatnagar
قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر قفلی بود میل و هوا بنهاده بر دل‌های ما مفتاح شو مفتاح را دندانه شو دندانه شو qofli bovad mayl u havā benhādeh bar delhā-ye mā * miftāḥ show miftāḥ rā dandāneh show dandāneh show Whims and desires are a lock placed upon our hearts * Become a key, a key! Become the key’s edge! a lock . qofli . قفلى are . bovad . بود whims . mayl . ميل and . u . و desires . havā . هوا placed . benhādeh . بنهاده upon . bar . بر hearts . delhā-ye . دلهاي our . mā . ما a key . miftāḥ . مفتاح become . show . شو [object marker] rā . را edge [teeth] dandāneh From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.
‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه ‎اندیشه‌ات جایی رود وآنگه تو را آن جا کشد * ز اندیشه بگذر چون قضا پیشانه شو پیشانه شو andishat jāyi ravad vāngah tow rā ān jā kashad * zandisheh bogzar chun qazā pishāneh show pishāneh show Your thoughts go somewhere and then drag you there * Leave thought behind - like fate move on! Like fate move on Your thoughts . andishe-at . اندیشه‌ات somewhere . jāyi . جایی go . ravad . رود and then . vāngah . وآنگه you . tow . تو [accusative marker] . rā . را there [ that place] . ān jā . آن جا drag . kashad . كشد from . z . ز thought . andisheh . اندیشه leave . bogzar . بگذر like . chun . چون fate . qazā . قضا move on . pishāneh show . یشانه شو From the ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.
You are the night of the grave, go to become the N You are the night of the grave, go to become the Night of Power * Like the Night of Power, become the souls’ haven! Become the souls’ haven! ‎تو لیلة القبری برو تا لیلة القدری شوی  * چون قدر مر ارواح را کاشانه شو کاشانه شو tow laylat al-qabrī berow tā laylat al-qadrī shavi * chun qadr mar arwāḥ rā kāshāneh show kāshāneh show You . tow . تو the night . laylat . ليلة of the grave . al-qabr . القبر are . i . ى go . berow . برو to . tā . تا the Night of Power/Destiny . ليلة القدرى you become . shavi . شوى Like . chun . چون ‪[the night of] Power/Destiny . qadr . قدر‬ for . mar … rā . مر ‫… را‬ souls . arwāḥ . ارواح haven/abode . kāshāneh . كاشانه become . show . شو From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.
چون جان تو شد در هوا ز افسانه شیرین ما * فانی شو و چون عاشقان افسانه شو افسانه شو ‏chun jān-e tow shod dar havā z afsāneh-e shirin-e mā * fānī show u chun āsheqān afsāneh show afsāneh show ‏When your soul is lifted up by our sweet legend * Dissolve into One and‪,‬ as Lovers do‪,‬ become a legend! Become a legend‪!‬ ‪When . ‬chun . چون your soul . jān-e tow . جان تو is lifted up. shod dar havā . شد در هوا ‪by . z . ز‬ ‪legend . afsāne . افسانه‬ ‪sweet . shirin . شرين‬ ‪our . mā . ما‬ ‪Dissolve into One/ ‬ ‪become annihilated [in God] . fānī show . فانى شو ‬ ‪and . u . و‬ ‪like . chun . چون ‬ ‪lovers . āsheqān . عاشقان‬ ‪a legend . afsāneh . افسانه‬ ‪become . show . شو‬ From Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.
That earring of beauties became a companion to the That earring of beauties became a companion to the cheek * If that ear and cheek must be yours, become a pearl! Become a pearl! ‎آن گوشوار شاهدان هم‌صحبت عارض شده * آن گوش و عارض بایدت دردانه شو دردانه شو ‏ ān gushvār-e shāhedān hamsohbat-e ārez shodeh * ān gush u ārez bāyadat dordāneh show dordāneh show That . ān . آن earring of . gushvār-e . گوشوار beauties . shāhedān . شاهدان a companion to . hamsohbat-e . هم‌صحبت the cheek . ārez . عارض became . shodeh . شده That . ān . آن ear . gush . گوش and . u . و cheek . ārez . عارض must be yours . bāyadat . بایدت a pearl . dordāneh . دردانه become . show . شو
You must become all soul to be worthy of the Belov You must become all soul to be worthy of the Beloved * If you go to those who are drunk, go drunkenly! go drunkenly! ‎باید که جمله جان شوی تا لایق جانان شوی * گر سوی مستان می‌روی مستانه شو مستانه شو bāyad ke jomleh jān shavi tā lāyeq-e jānān shavi * gar sūye mastān miravi, mastāneh show, mastāneh show It must be . bāyad . باید that . ke . که all . jomleh . جمله soul/ life . jān . جان you become . shavi . شوی so that . tā . تا worthy of . lāyeq-e . لایق the Beloved . jānān . جانان you become . shavi . شوی if . gar . گر towards . sūye .سوی the drunk . mastān . مستان you go . miravi . می‌روی drunkenly . mastāneh . مستانه go . show . شو From the well known Ghazal Hilat Raha Kon by Rumi, ghazal no. 2131 from the Divān-e Shams.
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