Konya. Secret of the Snow
In the morning falling snow
Said, "I something know..."
Through the hazy pane I heard
"I do know, and you do not..."
On the road are falling, melting
Flakes of snow; I wrote, "Tell me..."
But the letters faded, "Nay,
If you can, unravel way..."
I went on the road to seek,
But the road refused to speak.
On the slope of hill I sate,
In the snow dissolved the lane;
Only trees, and trees alone,
As if someone something wrote
In ink upon the white...
"You decipher'd secret mine..."
Uttered calmly snow,
Then repeated, ceased to go.
Every tree - calligraphy -
On the white began to speak...
"'Tis me, 'tis me this wrote
Long ago upon the snow;
Every verse become a tree, -
Composition this you see..."
Told the Dervish from the side,
"On this hill I wont to write..."
Dervish:
وقد كان بعضهم يقول: كلُّ آيةٍ
لا أتفهَّمَها، ولا يكون قلبي فيها
One of them used to say:
I don't understand the signs if
my heart isn't in it.
Al-Makki, 1
To see the hidden, you should first
To melt yourself in verse...
An emptiness you need
To read what has been writ...
Tell me what this tree speaks..?
Me: From this unending plenitude
I prostrate myself in Gratitude...
Dervish: But look,
I have another rhyme for you:
نعمت آرد غفلت، و شكر اِنتباه
صيد نعمت كن بدام شكرِ شاه
Welfare brings ignorance, gratitude - wakefulness;
Hunt the blessing with trap of thankfulness.
Rumi, Masnavi 3:2897
And while the snow has melted not,
Let's stroll among this garden odd -
Of lonely rhymes...
But scud of wind reminds that I
Haven't finished topic yet...
وحقيقة الشكر: أن يرى جميع المقضىِّ له به نِعماً -
غير ما يضرّه فى دينه -؛ لأن الله تعالى لا يقضى
للعبد المؤمن شيئاً إلا وهو نعمة في حقّه؛ فإمّا عاجلةٌ
يعرفها ويفهمها، وإمّا آجلة بما يقضى له من المكاره.
فإما أن تكون درجة له، أو تمحيصاً، أو تكفيرا
The essence of Gratitude: It is to see
everything decreed - as a blessing, except
that what is harmful to Faith; Because God,
exalted is He, decrees for His faithful servant
only that what in truth is good for him:
Whether it be of this world, - he will know it,
and understand; or of that world - suffering and
hardship. Whether it be for him a rank,
or test, or atonement.
Umar Suhrawardi
The further we -
The deeper meaning be...
وقال ابن مسعود رضى الله عنه:
الشّكر نصف الإيمان
Ibn Mas'ud said, be content with him God:
Gratitude is the half of Faith.
Al-Makki, 2
November 2020
Abu Talib Al-Makki, The Sustenance of Hearts 1, 2
قوت القلوب في معاملة المحبوب
Umar Suhrawardi, The Knowledge of the Spiritually Learned
عوارف المعارف
Translations from Farsi and Arabic
by Denis Bezmelnitsin
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