the veils hiding the way of the lover - to joyce!!!

[Guest guest]

The veils hiding the way of the lover

 

 

Love is a stranger to the two worlds:

in it are seventy-two madnesses.

It is hidden; only its bewilderment is manifest:

the soul of the spiritual sultan longs for it.

Love's religion is other than the seventy-two sects:

beside it the throne of kings is just a floorboard.

In the moments of sema* Love's bard strikes up the melody:

"Servitude is bondage and power is a headache."

Then what is Love? The Sea of Not-Being:

there the foot of the intellect is shattered and can no longer

swim.

Servitude and sovereignty are known:

the way of the lover is hidden by these two veils.

 

~-- Mathnawi III: 4719-4724

trans. Camille and Kabir Helminski

Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance

Threshold Books, 1996

[Guest guest]

Thank you o'blessed and beautiful one with a heart of warmth and light.

 

"adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16

> 2004/06/11 Fri AM 07:25:19 CDT

>

> the veils hiding the way of the lover - to joyce!!!

>

> The veils hiding the way of the lover

>

>

> Love is a stranger to the two worlds:

> in it are seventy-two madnesses.

> It is hidden; only its bewilderment is manifest:

> the soul of the spiritual sultan longs for it.

> Love's religion is other than the seventy-two sects:

> beside it the throne of kings is just a floorboard.

> In the moments of sema* Love's bard strikes up the melody:

> "Servitude is bondage and power is a headache."

> Then what is Love? The Sea of Not-Being:

> there the foot of the intellect is shattered and can no longer

> swim.

> Servitude and sovereignty are known:

> the way of the lover is hidden by these two veils.

>

> ~-- Mathnawi III: 4719-4724

> trans. Camille and Kabir Helminski

> Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance

> Threshold Books, 1996

>

>

 

Love, serve, and be helpful but without getting disgusted, tired, pessimistic,

and exhausted