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How long will you say, "I will conquer the whole world
and fill it with myself"?
Even if snow covered the world completely,
the sun could melt it with a glance.
A single spark of God's mercy
can turn poison into springwater.
Where there is doubt,
He establishes certainty.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Chand guyi man be-giram `âlami
in jahân-râ por konam az khvod hami
Gar jahân por-e barf gardad sar ba-sar
tâb-e khur be-godâzdesh bâ yak nazar
Vezr-e U va sad vazir va sad hazâr
nist gardând Khodâ az yak sherâr
`Ayn-e ân takhyil-râ hekmat konad
`ayn-e ân zahr âb-râ sharbat konad
n gomân angiz-râ sâzad yaqin
mehr-hâ ruyând az asbâb-e kin
-- Mathnawi I:542-546
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra
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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle
How long will you say, "I will conquer the whole world
and fill it with myself"?
Even if snow covered the world completely,
the sun could melt it with a glance.
A single spark of God's mercy
can turn poison into springwater.
Where there is doubt,
He establishes certainty.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Chand guyi man be-giram `âlami
in jahân-râ por konam az khvod hami
Gar jahân por-e barf gardad sar ba-sar
tâb-e khur be-godâzdesh bâ yak nazar
Vezr-e U va sad vazir va sad hazâr
nist gardând Khodâ az yak sherâr
`Ayn-e ân takhyil-râ hekmat konad
`ayn-e ân zahr âb-râ sharbat konad
n gomân angiz-râ sâzad yaqin
mehr-hâ ruyând az asbâb-e kin
-- Mathnawi I:542-546
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra
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Please join the Columbus Sufi Circle
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Saturday,
January 26, 2019, 7:00 pm
Zawiyya
al Mu'min,1000 Urlin Ave. #1809
Grandview
Heights OH 43212
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