Lahore. The Sheranwala Gate
لہور. شیرنوالا گیٹ
Wall as water still I tipped.
- What in frozen stream you seek?
I am current motionless...
I am looking for the depth...
- I begirt forgotten past,
There is stony rugged path...
Masonry I tipped again, -
From it only shadow grey
Fell on pavement. "It is nine
O'clock" I heard from side.
Wrapt in mantle, forth I slid,
As a gauze along the street.
Windows filled with purple dusk,
This I scooped, and drained the glass.
Yet the gate is saying, "Ranger!"
Nearby, a man in vesture
Black on mat is sitting, greeting...
Pir: What you seek in olden city?
Me: What the falcon left...
Pir: Listen then:
وقال بعضهم: قَلقَنى الشوقُ إلى الخضِر، فسألت الله
تعالى مرةً أن يرينى إيّاه، ليعلمنى شيئاً كان أهمَّ الأشياء
علىَّ. قال: فرأيته، فما غلب على قلبى ولا هَمّنى إلاّ أن
قلتُ له: يا أبا العباس، علِّمنى شيئاً إذا قلتُه حُجِبت عن
قلوبِ الخليقةِ، فلم يكن لى فيها قدر، ولم يعرفنى أحدٌ
بصلاح ولا ديانة. فقال: قل: اللهم أسبل علىّ كثيف
سِترك، وحُطَّ علىّ سُرادقات حُجُبِك، واجْعلنى فى
مكنون غيبك، واحجبنى عن قلوب خليقتك. قال: ثم
غاب فلم أَرَهُ، ولم أشتق إليه بعد ذلك. قال: فما تركت
أن أقول هذه الكلمات فى كلِّ يوم
One of them said: I longed to see Al-Khadir.
Once I asked God, exalted is He, to reveal him
for me, that he may teach me something
very important for me. So I saw him then,
and told what ruffled my heart:
O Abu l'Abbas, teach me what to say, that
on saying that, I would become veiled
from the hearts of creatures. For I can't
myself do this, nor anyone could help.
He answered: Say, "O my God, cover me
with Thy veil very thick! And pavilions for me
Thy shrouding pitch! In Thy utmost concealed
make a dwelling for me! And from the
hearts of Thy creatures steal me!"
Then he disappeared. No more afterwards
I've seen him, neither desired to see.
Every day I repeated these words.
Al-Makki
A fisher asked the Brine, "A need
I have, perhaps, would be
The moon tonight to ask..."
"Say what you want from us?"
Replied the moon emerged.
"A seashell," Fisher said, "I sought,
But couldn't, couldn't find..."
"I'm only a reflection, why
You're asking me, but not the Brine?"
Reflection amber said...
The Sea: I gave thee even more, because
Thy heart's intention was
Sincere and good!
ابو یزید گفت، رحمة الله عليه: «المعرفةُ
أنْ تَعْرِفَ أنَّ حركاتِ الخلقِ وسَكِناتِهم باللهِ»
معرفت آن است که بدانی که حرکات خلق
و سکونشان به حق است، و هیچ کس را
بی اذن وی اندر ملک وی تصرف نیست
Abu Yazid said, be mercy of God upon him,
"Knowledge, it is when you know, that acts
and inaction of creatures are [caused]
by God." And without His permission
no one acts in His kingdom.
Ali Hujwiri
Me: In the shell what be?
Pir: The voice of Sea.
Me: The shell is what?
Pir: The inspiration from the God.
Me: If I commit misdeed...
Pir: For that you have free will.
Me: ...Will it be mine, or not?
Pir: 'Twill be yours. If not, -
Then wouldn't be free will,
Nor recompense.
Are not two sparrows sold for
a penny? And not one of them will fall
to the ground apart from your Father.
Matthew 10:29
Этими словами Он указывает на промысел
о всей [твари]. Слово же "без" показывает не
волю, но предведение. Ибо из того, что
происходит, одно происходит по изволению,
а другое по одобрению и согласию.
By these words He poits to the providence
over all [creation]. The word "apart" shows
not the will, but foreknowledge. For what
happens, some happens by volition, and
some - by approval and assent.
Origen
November 2023
Abu Talib Al-Makki, The Sustenance of Hearts 2
قوت القلوب في معاملة المحبوب
Ali Hujwiri, The Revelation of the Veiled
کشفُ المحجوب
Origen, Fragments
Фрагменты
Translations from Arabic, Farsi, and Russian
by Denis Bezmelnitsin
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