“O, God! Have mercy on me! Distracted, I whirl” — Rumi’s Gift
August 12, 2010 § 3 Comments
by Maulana Rumi
Singing: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Qawwaals
Translated by Huma Dar
Naa Man Behooda Gird-e Koocha-o-Baazaar Mi Gardam (Huma Dar 2005)
نه من بيهوده گرد کوچه و بازار می گردم
مذاق عاشقی دارم پئ ديدار ميگردمخدايا رحم کن بر من پريشان وار می گردم
خطا کارم گناھگارم به حال زار می گردمشراب شوق می نوشم به گرد يار می گردم
سخن مستانه می گويم ولے هوشيار می گردمگھےخندم گھے گريم گھے افتم گھے خيزم
مسيحا در دلم پيدا و من بيمار می گردمبیا جانا عنایت کن تو مولانای رومی را
غلام شمس تبریزم قلندروار می گردم
Pakistan’s legendary artist, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, rendered this ghazal of Rumi, in his inimitable style of qawwaali, above. Here is an attempt at translation:
Not frivolously, around the alleys and bazaars, I whirl.
Lover’s temperament, I have — to have one glimpse of my Beloved, I whirl.
O, God! Have mercy on me! Distracted, I whirl.
I am guilty, I am sinful: in this wretched state, I whirl.
Desire’s wine I imbibe; around the Friend, I whirl.
Intoxicated speech, I utter, even while soberly, I whirl.
Sometimes I laugh, weep sometimes; sometimes I fall, rise sometimes.
Messiah, in my heart, I bear; and I, the infirm, whirl.
Come, O Beloved! Indulge Maulana Rumi!
Shams Tabrizi’s slave I am; like a qalandar, I whirl.
“The hand that sends jupiter into orbit
Curls the hair of a little girl.
Round and round, whirling.”
Thanks Huma, for the beautiful translation.
the poem is not from ” Hazrat moulana”, although, its a sufi style poem. the word “Rumi” is used much later for ” moulana” . you can not find this poem in ” Divan e Shams”.