Gleanings — §672
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 672 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلّت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد آشیان روحانی فرمائید مژده بجان دهید که جانان تاج ظهور بر سر نهاده و ابوابهای گلزار قدم را گشوده چشمها را بشارت دهید که وقت مشاهده آمد و گوشها را مژده دهید که هنگام استماع آمد دوستان بوستان شوق را خبر دهید که یار بر سر بازار آمد و هدهدان سبا را آگه کنید که نگار اذن بار داده ای عاشقان روی جانان غم فراق را بسرور وصال تبدیل نمائید و سمّ هجران را بشهد لقا بیامیزید اگرچه تا حال عاشقان از پی معشوق دوان بودند
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery, and wing your flight to the rose-garden of unfading splendor. O My friends that dwell upon the dust! Haste forth unto your celestial habitation. Announce unto yourselves the joyful tidings: “He Who is the Best-Beloved is come! He hath crowned Himself with the glory of God’s Revelation, and hath unlocked to the face of men the doors of His ancient Paradise.” Let all eyes rejoice, and let every ear be gladdened, for now is the time to gaze on His beauty, now is the fit time to hearken to His voice. Proclaim unto every longing lover: “Behold, your Well-Beloved hath come among men!” and to the messengers of the Monarch of love impart the tidings: “Lo, the Adored One hath appeared arrayed in the fullness of His glory!” O lovers of His beauty! Turn the anguish of your separation from Him into the joy of an everlasting reunion, and let the sweetness of His presence dissolve the bitterness of your remoteness from His court.
Translation Notes
ذلّت
literal: abasement; humiliation; lowliness; to be abased
روی
literal: to see; to perceive; to look; to see, to observe, to behold; to view; vision; dream; sight; ل is prefix; verb تری (you see) is from ر-ا-ي
