tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post2417549576009937755..comments2023-10-11T12:03:05.848+00:00Comments on Universal Thoughts: More Poetry Please .... Nesimi againHazar Nesimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-134468518596638782010-11-30T20:36:30.505+00:002010-11-30T20:36:30.505+00:00I have be familiar with a only one of the articles...I have be familiar with a only one of the articles on your website in the present circumstances, and I really like your fashionableness of blogging. I added it to my favorites trap stage roster and last will and testament be checking back soon. Will repress in view my position as well and let me conscious what you think. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-31650012909423132642008-01-12T20:17:00.000+00:002008-01-12T20:17:00.000+00:00I can not say for Al-Maari since I am no expert in...I can not say for Al-Maari since I am no expert in Arabic literature, but in Turkish/Persan harabat Sufi poetry such things are written that they will not make orthodox people happy to say the least, Rumi being most harmless. Yet Rumi’s poetry is displayed on the walls of Tehran, sung in Iranian music, and read in Iranian school books - I assume some bits are censored. Literally, Iranians live with Rumi’s poetry. I have read that Khomeini himself taught Rumi poetry and Eastern mysticism in seminaryHazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-70172555306055910542008-01-12T19:28:00.000+00:002008-01-12T19:28:00.000+00:00I consider myself to be an enlightened fool. But t...I consider myself to be an enlightened fool. But that is only my personal opinion which is probably too imbibed with my self-adoration.Vannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814025517185126126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-40843744722343299992008-01-12T19:15:00.000+00:002008-01-12T19:15:00.000+00:00Wow! I like Al-Ma'arri. Whether he is atheist or n...Wow! I like Al-Ma'arri. Whether he is atheist or not, a bit of publicity for writers like this would do Islamic PR no end of good. Just to show the variety of thought around when Islam was strong enough to be confident. <BR/><BR/>BTW, which are you two: Enlightened knaves or else religious fools?NoolaBeulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-27691001880243939682008-01-12T07:53:00.000+00:002008-01-12T07:53:00.000+00:00Yes, he is so mad, but his poetry is fun to read. ...Yes, he is so mad, but his poetry is fun to read. His crazy ambition was very apparent and it feels quite refreshing to feel it permeate through a poem of praise destined to the Governor, he is a witty poetVannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814025517185126126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-30131935999920935692008-01-11T18:36:00.000+00:002008-01-11T18:36:00.000+00:00Yeah I remember your favoirite Mutannabi, crazy ch...Yeah I remember your favoirite Mutannabi, crazy character it seems. I did not know that he was one of Qarmatians. You know that they stole Black stone of Kaaba for a while..Hazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-12944840948599968732008-01-11T13:19:00.000+00:002008-01-11T13:19:00.000+00:00Yeah, why do atheists consider Abul Alaa Al Maari ...Yeah, why do atheists consider Abul Alaa Al Maari atheist? I have always wondered on what basis they profer such claims? In any case, I like his poems, very enlightened for the blind man that he was. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mutanabbi" REL="nofollow">Al Mutanabbi</A> is also great! His name means (He who claimed to be a prophet), he is a real character.Vannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814025517185126126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-18912569433475997302008-01-11T07:46:00.000+00:002008-01-11T07:46:00.000+00:00Or you might like that from Ma'ari again:Hanifs (M...Or you might like that from Ma'ari again:<BR/><BR/>Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray <BR/>Jews wildered, Magians far on error's way. <BR/>We mortals are composed of two great schools: <BR/>Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.Hazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-42574988077332330472008-01-11T07:44:00.000+00:002008-01-11T07:44:00.000+00:00You might find an article about him interesting ht...You might find an article about him interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma'arri, since his is Arabic poetry - I disagree with atheist definition, but he was a noted rationalist.<BR/><BR/>I have come across this verse from him in Eng. translations:<BR/><BR/>In the casket of the Hours <BR/>Events deep-hid <BR/>Wait on their guardian Powers <BR/>To raise the lid. <BR/> <BR/>And the Maker infinite, <BR/>Whose poem is Time, <BR/>He need not weave in it <BR/>A forced stale rhyme. <BR/> <BR/>The Nights pass so, <BR/>Voices dumb, <BR/>Without sense quick or slow <BR/>Of what shall come*. <BR/> <BR/>By Allah’s will preserving <BR/>From misflight, <BR/>The barbs of Time unswerving <BR/>On us alight. <BR/> <BR/>A loan is all he gives <BR/>And takes again; <BR/>With his gift happy lives <BR/>The folly of men*.Hazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-82061545050419603582008-01-10T19:54:00.000+00:002008-01-10T19:54:00.000+00:00Lovely stuff, Hazar. I know very little about the ...Lovely stuff, Hazar. I know very little about the world of this poetry. Just some things by Rumi, of whom this reminds me. <BR/><BR/>On a completely different note, I came across this in Amin Maalouf's Balthasar's Odyssey.<BR/><BR/>They say Time is soon to die<BR/>that the days are short of breath<BR/>They lie. <BR/><BR/>Evidently, by someone called Abu-l-Ala, the blind poet of Maara. He is quoted again a little later. On the subject of our discussions at my blog.<BR/><BR/>The people want an imam to arise<BR/>And speak to a silent crowd<BR/>An illusion; there is no imam but reason<BR/>It alone guides us day and night.<BR/><BR/>[Overwhelmed by work at the moment, so not very active online.]NoolaBeulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-49889630451123755622008-01-10T19:44:00.000+00:002008-01-10T19:44:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.NoolaBeulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-6186370136984877902008-01-09T20:58:00.000+00:002008-01-09T20:58:00.000+00:00lovely translations, well done.happy new year!lovely translations, well done.<BR/>happy new year!Vannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814025517185126126noreply@blogger.com