A single drop of rain fell from a cloud in the sky But was filled with shame when it saw the sea so wide.
'Next to the sea then,
who am I?
If the sea exists, then how can I?'
While looking down on itself
With the eyes of contempt,
An oyster in its shell,
Took it in for nourishment.
And so it was, that its fate was sealed by this event,
And it became a famous pearl to adore a king's head.
Having descended to the depths,
It was now exalted to the heights.
On the portal of non existence it went knocking,
Until it finally was transformed into being.
--- by Sadi, the persian poet ---
:: Credit: http://www.zensufi.com/stories/sadi1.html
Sadi is one of my favorite poets.It pearl in this poem is a sufi! between all of drops of rain , only find a few drops that thay can change to pearl.
ReplyDeleteThat shell in this poem is Pir(sufi master).
Very inspirational poem :)
ReplyDeleteIf we all knew our true worth, I think we'd see things much differently.
Thanks my friend. :)