Casa de Oaspeti de Rumi

 

 

A fi om e o casa de oaspeti.
In fiecare dimineata un nou venit.

O bucurie, o intristare, o rautate,
un moment de constiinta vine
ca un vizitator neasteptat.

Intampina-i si primeste-i cu bucurie pe toti!
Chiar daca sunt o multime de amaraciuni,
ce-ti curata cu violenta casa
de toata mobila,
totusi, trateaza fiecare oaspete onorabil.
El te-ar putea elibera
pentru o noua incantare.

Gandul rau, rusinea, rautatea,
asteapta-i la usa razand,
si invita-i inauntru.

Fii recunoscator pentru oricine vine,
pentru ca fiecare a fost trimis
ca un ghid de dincolo.

~ de Jelaluddin Rumi ~

- traducere romana Cornea Lucian -

- traducerea in engleza mai jos -

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi ~

(The Essential Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks)