Magnificent One

114 Pages·1993·1.235 MB·English

by  Rumi, Nevit O. Ergin

Magnificent
One

Magnificent
One
Selecnteewdv ersfreosm
DivanK-eib ir
MevlaJnaal aluRdudmiin
Translbayt ed
NeviOtg uEzr gin
PUALISIIFEO!RlT ilEP AUL BRUNTON PHILOSOPHIFCO UNDATIONA Y
LARSOPNU BLICATIONS
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Cover imagKeh:a msao fN izami1.l luminactierdc le.
Mugha.l1955.R eproducbeydp ermissiooftn h e
BritiLsihb raBryo ard.
About thet ranslatoDrr:. NeOvgiulz E rgiwna sb orn inT urkey
in1 928H.e migartedfi rstto C anadat,h ent ot heU niteSdt ates
top ursupeo strgaduatmee dicawlo rk.H e hast raveleexdt en­
sievlye.s peciailnlC ye ntrAasli aa ndi nt heN earan d FarE ast.
He currentlrye sidaensd p racticmeesd iciniens outhern
Caloirnfia,an d worksw ithT heS ocieftoyr U nderstanding
Mevlana-nao nprofiotr gainzatidoend icatteods tudy,
translatianodn .u nderstandoifnR gu mia ndh isw orks.
Introduction
INT HE SUMMER OF 1956,Mr .H .S ushudi ntroducmeed t o
thew orldo ft hose wuhnod erstatnhde p urposoef w hat
Sufisd escriabset hem ysticaanln ihilatoifso enl Ifh .a da
universidteyg reew.a s interestienl di teratuprhei.l oso­
phy,m etaphysiacnsd.e veny ogab;u tI t houghtth eo nly
way tol earann ythinwga s througbho oksI. w as likae
blinmda n tryingt ou nderstatnhde s pectrumo fc olor.
Priotro t himse etinIgh .a dp racticseodm ef astianngd
some breathienxge rcises-paoruttlo yf c uriosiatnyd.
partloyu to fd esperatiionn m y searchf ors omething
greattehra nm yselIft .r ietdo s ummarizfeo rM r.S ushud
thee ventwsh ichl edm e tot hesper acticbeyss ayin"gA.l l
thel ecturIe'sv hee arda.l lt heb ooksI 'vree ada.l lt he
schoolIs' vbee ent oh aven'chta ngemde .I td oesnm'att ter
tom e now ifI exisbte causIe t hinko rt hinkb ecausIe
existI:' mt ireodfa ltlh imse ntablu ffoonery."
He replie"dS.o mei ndividuwahlosa ren ots atisfibeyd
nominal. fragmentary tnruotthc onatnedn wti ths cience
itlak
and religiaorned irectteodw ard (thwea yo fl ibera­
tione)i thekrn owinglyo ru nknowinglyT.h isi sp ossible
onlyt hrougAhn nihilatiHoen a.d"d ed",T hes adp arti s
that unlessr eoanceh etsh iAsb solutRee alithye. c annot
understatnhde n ominaolr f ragmentarreya lity."
LaterM r.S ushudg avem e a fewt ypewrittpeang esi n
whichh ed escribtehde s tageosfAn nihilatiToon a.c hieve
thatM decomposionfBg e ingi ntnoo n-Beinhge,p "r omised
I
that would experileontcosef h ungerb.r eathless.n ess
....
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and mental suffe"rtRnega.d indgi,s cussianngd,f ellow­
shipa lclo mel aterh,e"s aid".F irysto um ustd oR emem­
branc(eD hikr)Au,s teli(tyR iyadaa6nd.C ontrttio(nI nkisar).
Ify ou chooseo ne book,h"e added," DivaKne-bii orf
Mevl anaC ellaledRduimni wi lld oi t."
I soond iscoverReudm i'sm onumentawlo rk-thou­
sandso fv erseisnt hel ibraorfyt heU niversoiftyI stanbul,
and at the MevlanaM useum in Konya.I was over­
whelmedR.e adintgh eD ivains l ikwea lkinign a mine
fieldi:tb lowsyo urh eady,o urh earto.ry ours oul.
Thaty earG,o lpinarhlaid justp ublisheGdu lD este
(Bouqueotf Roses)t,h eT urkisthr anslatoifos ne lected
ghazalfsr omt heD ivawni,t hp oemsa rrangedb ys ubject
matteTrh.i sw ase asiefro rm e tor eadt hant het hirteenth­
centuryc olloquFiaarls wio rksa,n dm oree asilayv ailable
tob uy.
When Is awM r.S ushuda feww eeksl ateGru, lD este
wasu nderm y arm.I c onfessteodh imt hate vent hougIh
sensesdo methinhge reI,d idn otu nderstatnhde b ookI.t
wasl ataef ternooann.dt hrougthh eh alf-opceunr tain in
hisr oomI c oulsde et her oseb ushesi nh iss malgla rden.
He wento utc,a meb ackw itha singlleo ng-stemmed rose,
andg avei tt om e.I pressetdh er osei nsidmey copyo f
GulD estienm emoryo fh im.
Theb ook( andt her oset)r avelwietdh me tod ifferent
citiecso,u ntlieasn,d c ontinenItr se.a da ndt iiedt ou n­
derstanidt t,i mea nd againf,o rt hreed ecadewsi thout
succesDsu.l intgh esyee ars,a tl eashta ltfh et imeI p rac­
ticedr egulafra stinagn d suffereidn tensetlhyr ough
lossefsa,i luraensd,h umiliatiIonnt sh.e m id-80Isb egan
tos meltlh er earlo sei nt hep ageso ft heD ivan:
0,t heo new ho wants
To smelmly fragrance,
Youm ustd iefi rst.
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Don'lto ofko mre
Wheny oua rea live.
Ia m nota sI a ppeatroy ou.
(HMg.4 6v,4 85)
It hewne nbta ckto t heD ivainni tesn tirIentt yh.ei n­
terveniynega rsG,o lpinahraldip ublishae cdo mplete
Turkisthr anslaotfia olntl wenty-moentee r(s4 40,00+
verseIsb )e.g acno mparinhgi sw orkw itthh eh andwritten
Farseid itioofOn s monO gluM evleHvais arne gistaesr ed
No.6 8an d 69 itnh eM evlanMau seumi nK onyaT,u rkey.
Thea uthentiocfsi otmye o ft hev ersienst heseed itions
hasb eenq uestioannde da ttribubtys eodm es cholatros
writeortsh etrh aMne vlanaF.o rm yselIhf a.v ceo met os ee
thatth eo nlwya yo nec an bes urei st os crutintihzee
verscearse fulfloytr h ec onteonfta nnihilaatnidso pni ri­
tuaalb stractthiaoctnh aracterizes anMden volo annea
elsTeh.e w orko ft ranslathiinsvg e rsaess Iu nderstand
himf romb otht hesseo urcheass b ecomteh em ostr e­
wardianndg beautitfauslok f m y lifIetb. ri ngasj oyb e­
yondr eckoning.
Anyonteryi ngt ou nderstRanudm it hrousgchh olarly
researaclho nwiel ln ots ucceeMde.v lana himwsaesla f
scholuanrt iOlc tobe2r3 ,1 244,w henh e metG od's
Shemso fTebriz(.M evlanhai mseolftfe nd escriSbheesm s
thiwsa yi nt heD ivanF.r)o mt hadta yo nwarhde,b ecame
God'lso veTrh.i sm eetincga met ob e known among
Rumi'fso llowaesr" sM arcB-aahlr ayn(nf"r oKmo raLnV ,
V-9w)h.i ch transalsat thee"s m ergionftg h eo ceans."
AccorditnogR umi'bsi ographers Sipehsalar and
EflakiS,h emsa nd Mevlansat ayed togfeotrsh ixe r
monthisn s olituidnae smalrlo omi nt heh ouseo f
SalahadZdeirnK ub.T hipse riiosdt hem osti mportant
and leausntd erstpoaordot f M evlanlai'fse .
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"WhatS uari y ouw ereO,h ,S hemso fT ebriz,
thaotn er ayo fy ourl ighbte came Mtahes ter
(Melva nao)ft hew orld."
H.S ushud
Passifnrgo mma nifetsout n manifefsrto,rm e lattiov e
absoluctoeu,l d sebleda ocmc omplisinhs eidmx o nths­
eveanm ongs ainatnsd p ropheTthse.p rocemsuss td efi­
nitehlayv set artmeudc he arliineR ru mi'lsi faen,dc ome
tof ruitdiuorni nhgi st imael onwei tShh emsi nt heh ouse
ofS alahaddin.
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Youw erae d roopf s perm
Becambel ootdh,e gnr ew
Intsou cha beauty.
0 humanc,o mec losteom e
Sot haItc anm ake
Youb etttehra tn hat.
BR,g 89v,8 64
When sciepnoclei,ti incsst,i tutrieolniaglip ohnisl,o so­
phya,n dc ultlse avmee na nd womienns ucha s adc ondi­
tioans t odatyh,i isn vitaitsip orno babtlhyeo nlvyi able
alternaftoisrvo em e-provitdheeday r ep rivilteogb eed
offereadc,c epatn,dg ot hroutghhe p roceosfsa nnihila­
tioans R umis howuss .I nh isw ords"A,n nihilaitsti hoen
salvoefs aintWsh.o"e vecran obtaiitwin l lo bservDei vine
secreatnsd e ndletsrsu thTsh.r oug"hAn nihilaotfi on
ActioSno,u"lw ilble d iscoveTrherdo.u g"hA nnihilation
ofA ttributAebss,o"l uLtoev wiel lb ee xperiencAetdt .h e
endi s" AnnihilaotfiE osns encweh,i"c ihs A nnihilation
withiAnn nihilatTihoinsi. st heg reatgeisfttf romG od
toh umanity.
NeviOtg uzE rgin
VALENCICAAL,I FORNIA
APRIL 1993
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