Part 2 (poems 25 - 49). To Part 1: http://hojja-nusreddin.livejournal.com/2947107.html

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Ramadan came, but Bairam is with us.
The lock came, but the key is with us.

Mouth is closed. Eyes are opened.
That brilliance that the eyes see is with us.

We have cleaned soul and heart with fasting.
The dirt which has been with us is cleansed now.

Some stress comes from fasting,
But the invisible treasure of heart is with us.

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Английские переводы и версии

1. Артур Арберри (точный перевод с фарси, 1963 г.): http://hojja-nusreddin.livejournal.com/2681495.html
2. Колман Баркс (вольная версификация Арберри без перевода, 1987 г.): http://hojja- ( Read more... )

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Show your face, for the orchard and rose garden are my desire;
open your lips, for abundant sugar is my desire.

Открой свой лик, я сада с розарием жажду!
Отвори уста, изобилия сахара жажду!
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Show your face, for the orchard and rose garden are my desire;
open your lips, for abundant sugar is my desire.
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I have been translating the poetry of Rumi into Russian verse since 1999. It was at first a hobby, started by accident, but has since become a big part of my spiritual life. My translation of Prof. Coleman Barks' book "The Essential Rumi" was published in Moscow in 2006 and I am currently working on the Rubayat.
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