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The Displaced
The truth lies within.
Look inside!
What do you see?
Do you not see that it is the heart
That is displaced!
Listen!
In Sichot Haran
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov speaks these lightning words:
"You should feel the pain of others
in your own heart."
Fine! But if the heart is missing, displaced?
He continues,
"If you can't feel this pain
you must strike your head
against the walls of your heart."
Yes, yes, yes!
But if the heart is displaced, if the heart is missing?
Díláraithe
Istigh ionainn atá an fhírinne.
Féach isteach ionat féin!
Cad is léir duit?
Nach léir gurb é an croí
Atá díláraithe!
Éist!
Sa Sichot Haran
Tá na briathra tintrí seo ag Rebbe Nachman:
"Ba chóir arraing an duine eile a bhrath
i do chroí féin."
Go breá! Ach má tá an croí ar iarraidh, díláraithe?
Leanann sé air,
"Mura mbraitheann tú an arraing sin
ni mór duit do chloigeann a bhualadh
in aghaidh bhallaí an chroí."
Sea, sea, sea!
Ach más díláraithe atá sé, más ar iarraidh atá an croí?
The Displaced
The truith liggs wi'in.
Leuk thair!
Whit dae ye glisk?
Dae ye no glisk, it's the hert
thit's displaced
Tak tent!
in Sichot Haran
Rebbe Nachman o Breslov threeps thae lichtnin wurds:
'Ye suid fin the pyne o ithers
i yer ain hert.'
Fine! Bit gin the hert's amissin, displaced?
He threeps on,
'Gin ye cannae fin this pyne
ye maun dunt yer heid
forenent the wa's o yer hert'
Aye,aye,aye!
Bit gin the hert's displaced, gin the hert's amissin?
Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald
Other collaborations between Masood Hussain and Gabriel Rosenstock include Walk with Gandhi, a biographical sketch with haiku for Young Adults (FreeKidsBooks), Love Letter to Kashmir (Cross-Cultural Communications, New York), and Boatman! take these songs from me (Manipal Universal Press, India).