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Read more about the article I Saw a Saint Today – Wajiha Khalil

I Saw a Saint Today – Wajiha Khalil

I saw a saint today my heart fragmented in a hundred directions all pointing to God Each path particular but none contradicting the other I Saw a Saint Today - Wajiha Khalil in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES Muslim…

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Read more about the article Pull a puddle into your palm – Wajiha Khalil

Pull a puddle into your palm – Wajiha Khalil

“Pull a puddle into your palm one sip will fill your mouth with poetry and quench the quest for art” from The Valley of Khayal - Wajiha Khalil 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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