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All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky by Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu link in bio @lotetreepress

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from All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky
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from All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky
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from All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky
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from All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky
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from All the Birds Were Invited to a Feast in the Sky
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‎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.

If one opening of the door becomes apparent to you

If one opening of the door becomes apparent to you
You see the sun within the shadow
You see the shadow lost in the sun always
See yourself all sun, and peace be with you

گر ترا پيدا شود يك فتح باب
تو درون سايه بينى آفتاب
سايه در خورشيد گم بينى مدام
خود همه خورشيد بيني والسلام

gar towrā paydā shavad yek fatḥe bāb* tow darun sāye bīnī āftāb
sāye dar khurshīd gom bīnī mudām* khod hame khurshīd bīnī u ssalām

if . gar . گر
to you . towra . ترا
becomes . shavad . شود
apparent . paydā . پيدا
one ‫.‬ yek . يك
opening of ‫.‬ fatḥe - فتح
the door ‫.‬ bāb . باب
you . tow . تو
within . darūn . درون
sāye . the ‫‬shadow . سايه
you see . bīnī . بيني
the sun . āftāb . ‫آفتاب ‬

The shadow . sāye . سايه
in . dar . در
the sun . khurshīd . خورشيد
lost . gom . گم
you see. bīnī . بينى
always . mudām . مدام
yourself . khud . خود
all . hame . همه
and peace be with you. . wassalam . والسلام

Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār The Conference of the Birds

Detail from late sixteenth/early seventeenth centu

Detail from late sixteenth/early seventeenth century illustration of the sufi poem, the Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Dīn Attar (c. 1142- 1229) from Isfahan, Iran

هر كسى كو دور ماند از اصل خويش* باز جويد روزگار وصل خويش

har kasī ku dur mānd az aṣle khīsh * bāz juyad ruzgāre vaṣle khīsh
Anyone who is left far from their origin
Seeks again the time of their connection

Anyone . har kasī . هر كسى
who . ku . كو
far . dur . دور
is left . mānd . ماند
from . az . از
origin . aṣle . اصل
their . khish . خويش

again . bāz . باز
seeks . juyad . جويد
the time of . ruzgāre . روزگار
connection . vaṣle . وصل
their . khish . خويش

This verse is from the famous opening lines of Rumi’s Masnavi which begins

Listen to the reed as it tells a tale * Complaining of separations:
Ever since they cut me from the reed-bed * Men and women have cried at my wail.
I want a breast torn, torn by separation * That I may explain the pain of ardent longing
Anyone left far from their origin * Seeks again the time of their connection

بشنو از نى چون حكايت مى كند * از جدائی ها شكايت مي كند
كز نيستان تا مرا ببريده اند * در نفيرم مرد و زن ناليده اند
سینه خواهم شرحه شرحه از فراق * تا بگویم شرح درد اشتیاق
هر كسى كو دور ماند از اصل خويش* باز جويد روزگار وصل خويش

Have a look at some of our other posts for language notes on the verses above that come just before this one in the Masnavi.

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