為紀念奈特(1)我把葬禮上陪伴他長眠的魯米(2)的詩句手抄(3)如下:
Our death is our wedding with eternity.
What is the secret? “God is One.”
The sunlight splits when entering the windows of the house.
This multiplicity exists in the cluster of grapes;
It is not in the juice made from the grapes.
For he who is living in the Light of God,
The death of the carnal soul is a blessing.
Regarding him, say neither bad nor good,
For he is gone beyond the good and the bad. (4)
奈特活著時總是微笑,我很喜歡他的一生。
(1) Nate Fisher 1966-2005
(2) Jalal al-Din Rumi (M. Jalaluddin Rumi) 1207-1273 詩人 蘇菲教派導師
(3) 據英譯本拼打,獻予逝者遂親手逐字敲打刻鑿故曰手抄
(4) 奈特葬禮上Sarah aunt頌朗詩句(Mystic Odes 833)至此段即終止。餘抄載如下:
Fix your eyes on God and do not talk about what is invisible,
So that he may place another look in your eyes.
It is in the vision of the physical eyes
That no invisible or secret thing exists.
But when the eye is turned toward the Light of God
What thing could remain hidden under such a Light?
Although all lights emanate from the Divine Light
Don’t call all these lights “the Light of God”;
It is the eternal light which is the Light of God,
The ephemeral light is an attribute of the body and the flesh.
…Oh God who gives the grace of vision!
The bird of vision is flying towards You with the wings of desire.