❊ ففرّوا الى الله ❊

So flee to God… (Qur’an 51:50)

 

اعوذ بك منك

I seek refuge in You from You (Hadith)

Rumi

Flee to God’s Qur’an, take refuge in it
there with the spirits of the prophets merge.
The Book conveys the prophets’ circumstances
those fish of the pure sea of Majesty.

 

I long to escape the prison of my ego

and lose myself in you.

 

There is no salvation for the soul
but to fall in Love.
Only lovers can escape
out of these two worlds.
This was ordained in creation.
Only from the heart
can you reach the sky:
The Rose of Glory
can grow only from the heart.

 

Hafez 

( the poem inscribed on his tomb)

مژده‌ى وصل تو كو كز سر جان برخيزم

طاير قدسم و از دام جهان برخيزم

Where are the tidings of union with you, so that from life I may rise?

I am a bird of heaven, from the world’s snare I must rise

به ولاى تو كه گر بنده‌ى خويشم خوانى

از سر خواجگى كون و مكان برخيزم

I swear by your love, if you call me your slave

From the mastery of the universe I will rise

يارب از ابر هدايت برسان بارانى

پيشتر زانكه چو گردى ز ميان برخيزم

O Lord, let the cloud of guidance rain

Before that time when, like dust from the earth, I rise

بر سر تربت من با مى و مطرب بنشين

تا ببويت ز لحد رقص‌كنان برخيزم

Sit beside my grave with musician and wine

So from your scent, dancing from the dust, I may rise

خيز و بالا بنما اى بت شيرين‌حركات

كه چو حافظ ز سر جان و جهان برخيزم

 O sweetly-moving idol, rise and show me your shape

گرچه پيرم، تو شبى تنگ درآغوشم كش

تا سحرگه ز كنار تو جوان برخيزم

Though I am old, for one night, in your bosom hold me tight

So when morning comes, young from your embrace, I may rise

Norah Jones

 

 The Beatles