“Sonnet: Political Greatness
Nor happiness, nor majesty, nor fame,
Nor peace, nor strength, nor skill in arms or arts,
Shepherd those herds whom tyranny makes tame;
Verse echoes not one beating of their hearts,
History is but the shadow of their shame,
Art veils her glass, or from the pageant starts
As to oblivion their blind millions fleet,
Staining that Heaven with obscene imagery
Of their own likeness. What are numbers knit
By force or custom? Man who man would be,
Must rule the empire of himself; in it
Must be supreme, establishing his throne
On vanquished will, quelling the anarchy
Of hopes and fears, being himself alone.”
― The Complete Poems
Nor happiness, nor majesty, nor fame,
Nor peace, nor strength, nor skill in arms or arts,
Shepherd those herds whom tyranny makes tame;
Verse echoes not one beating of their hearts,
History is but the shadow of their shame,
Art veils her glass, or from the pageant starts
As to oblivion their blind millions fleet,
Staining that Heaven with obscene imagery
Of their own likeness. What are numbers knit
By force or custom? Man who man would be,
Must rule the empire of himself; in it
Must be supreme, establishing his throne
On vanquished will, quelling the anarchy
Of hopes and fears, being himself alone.”
― The Complete Poems
“يا رَبِّ إِن عَظُمَت ذُنوبي كَثرَةً
فَلَقَد عَلِمتُ بِأَنَّ عَفوَكَ أَعظَمُ
إِن كانَ لا يَرجوكَ إِلّا مُحسِنٌ
فَبِمَن يَلوذُ وَيَستَجيرُ المُجرِمُ
أَدعوكَ رَبِّ كَما أَمَرتَ تَضَرُّعاً
فَإِذا رَدَدتَ يَدي فَمَن ذا يَرحَمُ
ما لي إِلَيكَ وَسيلَةٌ إِلا الرَجا
وَجَميلُ عَفوِكَ ثُمَّ أَنّي مُسلِمُ”
― ديوان أبي نواس
فَلَقَد عَلِمتُ بِأَنَّ عَفوَكَ أَعظَمُ
إِن كانَ لا يَرجوكَ إِلّا مُحسِنٌ
فَبِمَن يَلوذُ وَيَستَجيرُ المُجرِمُ
أَدعوكَ رَبِّ كَما أَمَرتَ تَضَرُّعاً
فَإِذا رَدَدتَ يَدي فَمَن ذا يَرحَمُ
ما لي إِلَيكَ وَسيلَةٌ إِلا الرَجا
وَجَميلُ عَفوِكَ ثُمَّ أَنّي مُسلِمُ”
― ديوان أبي نواس
“ذُنُوْبِي مِثْلُ اَعْدَادِ الرِّمَالِ فَهَبْ لِي تَوْبَةً يَا ذَاالْجَلالِ
وَ عُمْرِي نَاقِصٌ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ ذَنْبِي زَائِدٌ كَيْفَ احْتِمَالِي
اِلهِي عبْدُكَ الْعَاصِي اٰتَاك مُقِرًّا بِالذُّنُوْبِ وَ قَدْ دَ عَاكَ
اِنْ تَغْفِرْ وَ اَنْتَ لِذاكَ اَهْلٌ وَ ِانْ تَتْرُدْ فَمَنْ نَرْجُو سِواكَ”
― ديوان أبي نواس
وَ عُمْرِي نَاقِصٌ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ ذَنْبِي زَائِدٌ كَيْفَ احْتِمَالِي
اِلهِي عبْدُكَ الْعَاصِي اٰتَاك مُقِرًّا بِالذُّنُوْبِ وَ قَدْ دَ عَاكَ
اِنْ تَغْفِرْ وَ اَنْتَ لِذاكَ اَهْلٌ وَ ِانْ تَتْرُدْ فَمَنْ نَرْجُو سِواكَ”
― ديوان أبي نواس
“اِلهِي لَسْتُ لِلْفِرْدَوْسِ اَهلاً
وَ لاَ اَقْوَي عَلَي النَّارِ الْجَحِيْمِ
فَهَبْ لِي تَوْبَةً وَ اغْفِرْ ذُنُوْبِي
فَاِنَّكَ غَافِرُ الذَنْبِ الْعَظِيْمِ
وَ عَامِّلْنِي مُعامَلةً الْكَرِيْمِ
وَ ثَبِّتْنِي عَلَي النَّهْج الْقَوِيْمِ”
― ديوان أبي نواس
وَ لاَ اَقْوَي عَلَي النَّارِ الْجَحِيْمِ
فَهَبْ لِي تَوْبَةً وَ اغْفِرْ ذُنُوْبِي
فَاِنَّكَ غَافِرُ الذَنْبِ الْعَظِيْمِ
وَ عَامِّلْنِي مُعامَلةً الْكَرِيْمِ
وَ ثَبِّتْنِي عَلَي النَّهْج الْقَوِيْمِ”
― ديوان أبي نواس
“Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once thou perceive this, thou wilt thenceforward grow every day to a fuller understanding of it: until thou come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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