Translation please

wolf · 08-26-2005, 01:40 PM

A perfect falcon, for no reason,
has landed on your shoulder,
and become yours.

Rumi

or

O goodly spirit! O pure essence!
How long must you wander and hustle?
You are the king's falcon; hence,
Fly back to the king's whistle.

Rumi

I doubt that this has anything at all to do with the poem in question.

Although I have kind of gathered that the falcon is often a metaphor for Islam in Sufic poetry. I don't know for sure, this is an assumption garnered from a relatively brief google search and scan of a dozen or so poetry pages.

08-26-2005, 01:40 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A perfect falcon, for no reason, has landed on your shoulder, and become yours. Rumi or O goodly spirit! O pure essence! How long must you wander and hustle? You are the king's falcon; hence, Fly back to the king's whistle. Rumi I doubt that this has anything at all to do with the poem in question. Although I have kind of gathered that the falcon is often a metaphor for Islam in Sufic poetry. I don't know for sure, this is an assumption garnered from a relatively brief google search and scan of a dozen or so poetry pages. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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