Post by Birdy on Dec 18, 2005 13:46:18 GMT -5
Moses saw a shephard on the way, craving, `O Lord, where art Thou,
that I may serve Thee and sew Thy shoes and comb Thy hair? That I may
wash Thy clothes and kill Thy lice and bring milk Thee, O Worshipful
One.'
On hearing these foolish words, Moses said: `Man, to whom are you
speaking? What babble. What blasphemy and raving! Stuff some cotton
into your mouth! .. The High God is not in want of such like service!'
The shepherd rent his garment, heaved a sigh, and took his way to
wilderness. Then came to Moses a revelation `Thou hast parted My
servant from Me.. I have bestowed on everyone a particular mode of
worship; I have given everyone a peculiar form of expression. The
idiom of Hindustan is excellent for Hindus, the idiom of Sind is
excellent for the people of Sind...'
by Rumi
in R. A. Nicholson's "Rumi, Poet and Mystic", London 1950
that I may serve Thee and sew Thy shoes and comb Thy hair? That I may
wash Thy clothes and kill Thy lice and bring milk Thee, O Worshipful
One.'
On hearing these foolish words, Moses said: `Man, to whom are you
speaking? What babble. What blasphemy and raving! Stuff some cotton
into your mouth! .. The High God is not in want of such like service!'
The shepherd rent his garment, heaved a sigh, and took his way to
wilderness. Then came to Moses a revelation `Thou hast parted My
servant from Me.. I have bestowed on everyone a particular mode of
worship; I have given everyone a peculiar form of expression. The
idiom of Hindustan is excellent for Hindus, the idiom of Sind is
excellent for the people of Sind...'
by Rumi
in R. A. Nicholson's "Rumi, Poet and Mystic", London 1950