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TRANSLATION OF THE CHAT/MESSAGE RECEIVED BY GARIB ON 9 NOVEMBER 2009

[Texts written between square brackets and some punctuation are added for the sake of making the meaning clearer.]

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST COMPASSIONATE

Did you stitch your button that fell off?
Did you pour from the flowing waters to the ground?
Did you plant meadow, grass?
If you do not know Whom you take from:
Did you choose target for yourself
At the place where you will arrive,
In the direction in which you will stop?

At the [dervish] lodge of Mevlana,
Saints promenade,
Each one gives the other one the once-over
Through the heart.

Let us say that
Yunus came with saz, [saz=a stringed instrument (which somewhat resembles a lute)]
Found with word.
Let us say that
Hadji Bektas stayed at the place where he/she matured [spiritually]:
The One Who knows, knows one’s value,
The one who loves, sees his/her destiny.

I asked Mevlana:
What do we wait for from the coming of the day?
He said:
We wish for abundant leaves
For aceraceae, [for trees from acaraceae family]
We nourish our love with each leaf.
We say:
Let our God-given share be like aceraceae,
Let one come to day as bright.

At each step that he takes,
In each sip that he drinks
Yunus Emre remembers only His name,
[he] Presents Him to each one who wishes.

Hadji Bayram said:
At the fort of Ankara,
On the tower of the fort
I saw the ones who set up order.
I asked each one of them about the ones who came/come as guest.
They said:
Guests are
Good news of Hak,
[are] ‘Prostrating oneself of humanity.’
No one thinks wrongly,
No one moves to empty stable.
Horses are in spare,
One does not leave them from hand. [one holds the rope of the horse in the hand]
Human is in nacre, [human is like nacre]
He/she is never stained.
There is no puzzle in his/her existence,
Hak’s word is a lot.

Hazrat Meryem said:
We have been hand in hand,
We found all hands in hand.
We put [showed] target for one’s battle. [i.e. battle against ego]

Fatima said:
Battle is not an event that human attributes to him/herself.
Human
Should come together with close friendships,
Should work with his/her close friends,
Should reach happiness together with his/her close friendships.

If we gave hand in hand,
If we saw the happiness in ONEness, [? If we saw the happiness together, ?]
Especially if we embraced human, humanly,
Power is in us, is with us.

Each word of Hazrat Ali,
His eye scans the universe.
Neither does he work as the last
Nor does he stay alone in congregation;
He shares with human being at each front.

Let selam [peace/greeting] be, let selam be, let selam be.

Allahu Ekber [Allah is The Greatest], Allahu Ekber, Allahu Ekber.

Lailaheillallah Muhammeden Resulullah. [Allah is The only One to be worshiped; we wish to YOU and to Your Representative Mohammad.]


LOVE, SEE & SHARE:

Love all HIS creations;
See HIM in all of HIS creations;
Share HIS Meaning.

©2007, Sabahat Akţiray (Garib)
Translated by Tamer Özel