Saturday, September 12, 2026

Love and Devotion

Love and Devotion

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

Surah al-Fātiḥah 1:1

Love

شاد باش ای عشقِ خوش‌سودایِ ما ای طبیبِ جمله علّت‌هایِ ما

Shād bāsh ey ʿeshq-e khosh-sowdā-ye mā Ey tabīb-e jomle ʿellat-hā-ye mā

Hail, Love, the harbinger of happiness— the physician of all our ills.

جسمِ خاک از عشق بر افلاک شد کوه در رقص آمد و چالاک شد

Jesm-e khāk az ʿeshq bar aflāk shod Kūh dar raqs āmad o chālāk shod

Our earthly body is elevated to the skies through Love; it makes the mountains come alive and dance.

The above couplets are from Ney Naama (Song of the Reed Flute), by Maulana Rumi.

عقل آمد دین و دنیا شد خراب عشق آمد در دو عالم کامیاب

ʿAql āmad dīn o donyā shod kharāb ʿEshq āmad dar do ʿālam kāmyāb

Logic ruins this world and the Hereafter; and with the arrival of Love, both worlds are achieved.

Devotion

زندگی آمد برایِ بندگی زندگی بی بندگی شرمندگی

Zendegī āmad barā-ye bandegī Zendegī bī bandegī sharmandegī

Life is only for devotion. Life without devotion is a disgrace.

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