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‘The praise of Your Oneness is eternal’
Mawlana
About the poet: Mawlana
This poem is authored by Jalal-od-Din Mohammad Balkhi (Persian: جلالالدین محمد بلخى; 30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), also known as Mawlavi, Mawlana and Rumi. Mawlavi was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Khorasan in Greater Iran (present-day Afghanistan). His works focus on “the roots of the roots of the roots of the religion”, in that they address the heart and soul of the Qurʾanic message and the Prophetic legacy. He is arguably the most well-known of all Persian poets and mystics.
About the poem: Khwān-e vahdat-e to modāmast
This ghazal is a love-poem dedicated to God, Glorified and Exalted is He. Mawlana begins this poem by describing God as the dilbar, the one who 'takes the heart', making it love-struck with a single 'glance' and afflicting it with pain and longing. The poem extolls God's Beauty, Might and Oneness and sweetly expresses human subservience towards God. The repetitions on every second line make recitations very musical.
Reference: Mawlavi – Divan-e-Shams – Ghazal 356
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Persian Text
Translation
For You to take our hearts, one hand gesture is enoughour hearts are taken with pain and affliction
Flirtation except with Your Good Faceis forbidden! Forbidden! Forbidden!
All things are transient, but the praise of Your Onenessis eternal! Eternal! Eternal!
Upon rubbing my eyes, I see that other than Your Beingwho is there? Who is there? Who is there?
This World is like a cloth upon Your Face, alike aface-veil! a face-veil! a face-veil!
With every breath from the language of loveis a greeting! A greeting! A Greeting!
From each little word-less utteranceThere is a message! A message! A message!
Near Your Throne, our sorrow and our happinessbecome enslaved! Enslaved! Enslaved!
Flirtation except with Your Good Faceis forbidden! Forbidden! Forbidden!
All things are transient, but the praise of Your Onenessis eternal! Eternal! Eternal!
Upon rubbing my eyes, I see that other than Your Beingwho is there? Who is there? Who is there?
This World is like a cloth upon Your Face, alike aface-veil! a face-veil! a face-veil!
With every breath from the language of loveis a greeting! A greeting! A Greeting!
From each little word-less utteranceThere is a message! A message! A message!
Near Your Throne, our sorrow and our happinessbecome enslaved! Enslaved! Enslaved!
Transliteration
To rā dar delbari dasti tamāmastMarā dar bideli dard o saqāmast
Bejoz bā ruy-e khūbat ‘eshqbāziHarāmast o hāramast o harāmast
Hameh fāni o khwān-e vahdat-e toModāmast o modāmast o modāmast
Che chashm-e khod bemālam khod joz toKodāmast o kodāmast o kodāmast
Jahān bar ruy-e to az bahr-e rūpūshLesāmast o lesāmast o lesāmast
Be har dam az zabān-e ‘eshq bar maSalāmast o salāmast o salāmast
Ze har zarreh be goft-e bi-zabāniPayāmast o payāmast o payāmast
Gham o shādi-ye mā dar pīsh-e takhtatGholāmast o gholāmast o gholāmast
Bejoz bā ruy-e khūbat ‘eshqbāziHarāmast o hāramast o harāmast
Hameh fāni o khwān-e vahdat-e toModāmast o modāmast o modāmast
Che chashm-e khod bemālam khod joz toKodāmast o kodāmast o kodāmast
Jahān bar ruy-e to az bahr-e rūpūshLesāmast o lesāmast o lesāmast
Be har dam az zabān-e ‘eshq bar maSalāmast o salāmast o salāmast
Ze har zarreh be goft-e bi-zabāniPayāmast o payāmast o payāmast
Gham o shādi-ye mā dar pīsh-e takhtatGholāmast o gholāmast o gholāmast
Songs & Recitations
Example 1:
Traditional Iranian Sufi Song
Title: Khan VahdatArtist: Davoud AzadAlbum: Wine of SincerityExample 2:
Recitation accompanied with Afghan Instruments
Title: بجز با روی خوبت عشقبازArtist: Khawja AhraryAlbum: N/A
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