Transcript Approaching Rumi

Approaching Rumi
Persian Script: Visual Dimension
Transliteration: Sound Dimension
(Rhyme, Meter)
Performance: Musical Dimension
Word-by-word meanings
Translation
Comments on particular words and
names, justifying the translation
Revisiting the entire poem
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First Verse, 1st half
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 
{ 
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ay pak az
aab o az
gel
you pure from water and from clay
You who are beyond the body"water and clay" is a phrase meaning the physical
body, much like "flesh and blood" in English.
First Verse, 2nd half
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

B{
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pa-i bar in gel am neh
a foot on this clay mine put
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Cast this body at your feet!
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The lover asks the bodiless beloved to
Verse 2, 1st half
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
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az dast o del shodastam
from hand and heart has passed for me
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My time for power and love
has passed
Verse 2, 2nd half
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

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dasti bar in del am nih
a hand on this heart my put
Seize this heart of mine!
Verse Three
 
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 
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man aab-e tire gashte, dar raah khire gashte
I water dirty became, in road trash became
I became filthy water,
roadside trash.
Verse 4

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
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az rah mara berun bar [jaan am]
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from path me remove [my soul]
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bar sadr-e manzel am neh
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on threshold of house my put
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Take me from this path and get
me home!
Revisiting the poem
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You who are beyond the body-cast this body at your feet!
My time for power and love has
passed--seize this heart of
mine!
I became filthy water, roadside
trash--take me from this path
and get me home!