Persian Language & Literature
Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
by: Molana Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi
Translated by:
Shahriar Shahriari
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Each breath is a song of love
From left and right, pass us by
We’ll return to the world above
Such fate no-one can defy.
We have come from the skies
Befriended angels in heaven
To the same place we will rise
To that city past skies seven.
We are above the skies
And angels we transcend
Why should we compromise?
The House of Songs is our end.
With good fortune may we live
Fate is contradictory,
Gladly our lives may we give
Worldly pride victory.
The sweet scent of this breeze
Is from the curl of that hair
Radiant fantasy on its knees
Upon that face gladly stare.
People are like the loons
Are born from the sea of soul
Stay afloat many moons
The sea the loon control.
On that sea came the wave
While the ship was taking form
From shipwreck no-one could save
Returned to sea by that storm.
What seemed bad, was grace
Kindness was in the wave’s wrath
Dawn of fulfillment is in place
Lighting up that divine path.
From Tabriz began to shine
The Light of Truth, to me call
Thy light is Light Divine
Distinct, yet connecting all.
