Lezen› Daftar 1› Interpretatie van de uitspraak van de wijze: 'Wat jou van het pad afhoudt, of het nu ongeloof is of geloof; wat jou van de vriend verwijdert, of het nu lelijk is of mooi.' In de betekenis van zijn uitspraak (vrede zij met hem): 'Sa'd is jaloers, en ik ben jaloerser dan Sa'd, en God is jaloerser dan ik, en vanwege Zijn jaloezie heeft Hij de openbare en verborgen zonden verboden.'› Vers 1783
M1:1783 — ناخوش او خوش بود در جان من / جان فدای یار دلرنجان من
M1:1783
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The poet declares that even the harshness or displeasure of the Beloved is welcome and sweet to his soul, so much so that he would sacrifice his very life for this Beloved who causes him heartache.
This couplet expresses a profound paradox central to Sufi love: the lover finds joy even in the pain inflicted by the Beloved. In the preceding verses, Rumi describes the 'jealousy' (ghayrat) of God, which prevents anyone from preferring anything else once they have seen the Divine Face. This intense, possessive love of the Divine is mirrored in the human lover's devotion. The poet laments, but his lament is not one of true complaint; rather, it's a song of longing that the Beloved cherishes. The 'unpleasantness' (nākhosh) and 'heart-wounding' (del-ranjān) are not actual grievances but rather manifestations of the Beloved's overwhelming presence, which, even in its severity, is preferable to anything else. The lover's soul embraces this pain, seeing it as a sign of the Beloved's attention, and willingly offers its life in devotion. This is not masochism, but a transcendence of ordinary dualities, where the lover's will is utterly subsumed by the Beloved's, finding sweetness in whatever state the Beloved ordains.
- ناخوش
- unpleasantness, displeasure
- جان فدای
- my life a sacrifice to
- دلرنجان
- heart-wounding; one who wounds the heart
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