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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

دهید
dhíd d-h

literal: give; to give; given

SE rendered آشیان (áshíán)روحانی (rúḥání)فرمائید (frmáʾíd)مژده (mzhdh)بجان (bján)دهید (dhíd)جانان (jánán)تاج (táj)ظهور (ẓhúr)بر (br)سر (sr)نهاده (nhádh) as “habitation, celestial, He, Announce unto yourselves, the Best-Beloved, crowned, Revelation, Himself”

fair 50% testify 25% readily 25%
بر
br b-r-r

literal: on; on, upon; upon

SE rendered جانان (jánán)تاج (táj)ظهور (ẓhúr)بر (br)سر (sr)نهاده (nhádh)ابوابهای (ibúábháy)گلزار (glzár)قدم (qdm) as “the Best-Beloved, crowned, Revelation, Himself, doors, Paradise.”, ancient”

land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
نهاده
nhádh n-h “himself”

literal: place; no/not; place, put

7 occurrences in corpus

بوستان
bústán b-w-s-t “love”

literal: garden

1 occurrence in corpus

یار

literal: friend; beloved

SE rendered دوستان (dústán)بوستان (bústán)شوق (shúq)خبر (khbr)دهید (dhíd)یار (yár)بر (br)سر (sr)بازار (bázár)آمد (ámd)هدهدان (hdhdán) as “lover, love, longing, impart the tidings, hath come, messengers”

بازار
bázár b-z-r

literal: greatness; great; disgusted

SE rendered شوق (shúq)خبر (khbr)دهید (dhíd)یار (yár)بر (br)سر (sr)بازار (bázár)آمد (ámd)هدهدان (hdhdán)سبا (sbá)آگه (ágh)کنید (kníd) as “longing, impart the tidings, hath come, messengers, hath”

greatness 17% great 17% grievous 17% contemptuous 17% weary 17% aside 17%
هدهدان

literal: hoopoe

1 occurrence in corpus

سبا
sbá s-b-ʾ

literal: Sheba

SE rendered آمد (ámd)هدهدان (hdhdán)سبا (sbá)آگه (ágh)کنید (kníd)نگار (ngár) as “hath come, messengers, hath, the Adored One”

1 occurrence in corpus

آگه
ágh ʾ-g-h

literal: aware; awareness; aware/informed

SE rendered آمد (ámd)هدهدان (hdhdán)سبا (sbá)آگه (ágh)کنید (kníd)نگار (ngár)اذن (idhn)بار (bár)داده (dádh) as “hath come, messengers, hath, the Adored One, hath appeared”

اذن
idhn ʾ-dh-n

literal: permission; ear; ears

SE rendered هدهدان (hdhdán)سبا (sbá)آگه (ágh)کنید (kníd)نگار (ngár)اذن (idhn)بار (bár)داده (dádh)عاشقان (ʿáshqán)روی (rúy)جانان (jánán) as “messengers, hath, the Adored One, hath appeared, lovers, face, of His beauty”

permission 38% leave 31% ear 8% ears 8% ordained 8% fixed 8%
بار
bár b-ʾ-r

literal: fruit

SE rendered کنید (kníd)نگار (ngár)اذن (idhn)بار (bár)داده (dádh)عاشقان (ʿáshqán)روی (rúy)جانان (jánán)غم (ghm) as “hath, the Adored One, hath appeared, lovers, face, of His beauty, anguish”

5 occurrences in corpus

بیامیزید
bíámízíd ʾ-m-y-z “dissolve”

literal: mix

1 occurrence in corpus

پی
p-y

literal: trace; pursuit; trace, awareness

SE rendered بیامیزید (bíámízíd)اگرچه (igrchh)حال (ḥál)عاشقان (ʿáshqán)از (iz)پی (pí) as “dissolve, now, from”

discover 50% unravel 50%
بودند
búdnd b-w-d

literal: be; is; to be

SE rendered حال (ḥál)عاشقان (ʿáshqán)از (iz)پی (pí)معشوق (mʿshúq)دوان (dúán)بودند (búdnd) as “now, from”

have 33% had 33% passed 11% lived 11% appeared 11%

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