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Do not despair, my soul…
 
Do not despair, my soul, for hope has manifested itself;
the hope of every soul has arrived from the unseen.
Do not despair, though Mary has gone from your hands,
for that light which drew Jesus to heaven has come.
Do not despair, my soul, in the darkness of this prison,
for that king who redeemed Joseph from prison has come.
Jacob has come forth from the veil of occlusion,
Joseph who rent Zulaikha’s veil has come.
You who all through night to dawn have been crying “O Lord,”
mercy has heard that “O Lord” and has come.
O pain which has grown old, rejoice, for the cure has come;
O fastened lock, open, for the key has come.
You who have abstained fasting from the Table on high,
break your fast with joy, for the first day of the feast has come.
Keep silence, keep silence, for by virtue of the command “Be!”
that silence of bewilderment has augmented beyond all speech.
         — Rumi
            Translation by A.J. Arberry
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Courtesy - Sunlight group
November 8th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Article to khair waaqai achchha likha…lekin haai Saadia. Ek zamaana thaa is khandaan ki tooti bolti thi (or the muhaavra is tooti boltaa tha!). Shama, Shabistan, Bano, Khilauna and so many magazines were published and now everything is shut, all magazines closed. The turmoil in the personal lives is different and I am not interested but kiski nazar lagi is azimush shaan idaare ko.