“Consider the creatures as pure and limpid water, within which shine the Attributes of the Almighty. Their knowledge, their justice, their kindness all are stars of heaven reflected in flowing water. Kings are a locus of manifestation for God’s Kingliness, the learned a locus for His Knowledge. Generations have passed, and this is a new generation. The moon is the same, the water different. Justice is the same justice, learning the same learning, but peoples and nations have changed. Generation upon generation has passed, oh friend, but these Meanings are constant and everlasting. The water in the stream has changed many times, but the reflection of the moon and the stars remains the same. All pictured forms are reflections in the water of the stream; when you rub your eyes, indeed, all are He.”
Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi qs : Mathnavi VI 3172-78, 83
حافظ از مشرب قسمت گله ناانصا فیست طبع چون آب و غزلهای روان ما را بس
Hafez, don’t rail against your fate!
Your nature flows,
As does your verse, like water as
It comes and goes…that’s quite enough for me
From: Dick Davis. Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz. Mage, 2012
Como el Agua
Like water
Divine light of my heart
Illuminating my heart
My body walks cheerfully
Because it’s carrying your illusion.
Oh, like water.
Like water.
Like water.
Like clear water
Running down from the mountain,
I want to see you
Day and night.
Oh, like water.
Like water.
Like water.
I want all of your warmth
My body is yours
If you want
We both have fire
Running in our blood.
Oh, like water.
Like water.
Like water.
If your eyes were
Green olive,
All night long, I would be
Crushing
Crushing, crushing,
Crushing
All night long, I would be
Crushing
Crushing, crushing,
Crushing, crushing
Crushing
Oh, like water.
Like water.
Like water.
Original
Como el agua
Luz del alma mia divina
que a mi me alumbra mi corazon
mi cuerpo alegre camina
porque de ti lleva la ilusion.
Ay, como el agua.
Como el agua.
Como el agua.
Como el agua clara
que abaja del monte,
asi quiero verte
de dia y de noche.
Ay, como el agua.
Como el agua.
Como el agua.
De ti deseo yo to el calor
pa ti mi cuerpo si
lo quieres tu
fuego en la sangre nos
corre a los dos.
Ay, como el agua.
Como el agua.
Como el agua.
Si tus ojillos fueran
aceitunitas verdes,
toa la noche estaria
muele que
muele, muele que
muele,
toa la noche estaria
muele que
muele, muele
que
muele, muele
que muele.
Ay, como el agua.
Como el agua.
Como el agua.
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