Islam

Rûmî, Divan (Davis), “The Divine Friend”

Look on me, for Thou art my companion in the grave
On the night when thou shalt pass from shop and dwelling.
Thou shalt hear my hail in the hollow of the tomb: it shall become known to thee
That thou wast never concealed from mine eye.
I am as reason and intellect within Thy bosom
At the time of joy and gladness, at the time of sorrow and distress.
In the hour when the intellectual lamp is lighted,
What a pears goes up from the dead men in the tombs!

Source Rûmî, Divan de Shams-i Tabrîz, extraits traduits par R. A. Nicholson (1898) et al., in F. Hadland Davis, The Persian Mystics: Jalálu’d-dín Rúmí (1907), gutenberg.org #45159 · Contents