The Danger of Getting Public Attention
Whatever comes here, goes away. East and West themselves
dissolve. How could either culture
give what you need? Don't feel honored. Feel cautious,
careful, and alert. Public attention
Is a poisoned wine that delights for a moment;
then your head drops over. Eminence burns
like oil fire, hard to control. Your truth comes when you're
flat on the ground, so keep
your head down. Get off the ladder! You are not in some
co-partnership with God! That's not
how it is. I cannot explain. Understanding begins in the
mirror of devotional work. If I
told all of what I know, many could not stand it, so I'll
refrain. I shout twice
at the edge of a village, the leave. Whoever is supposed to
hear will hear.
- Rumi, from The Masnavi, Book IV
盛名之累
所有來的，都會去。
東方西方也會消弭，
這両種文化怎麼能給你所需的？
不要覺得榮幸，要小心，謹慎和機警。
盛名像毒酒，譲你快活一會兒，
然後你的頭就垂下了。
盛名像火上加油，一發不可收拾。
只有當你平伏在地上時，你會發現真理，
所以把頭低下來。從梯子上下來。
你不是和上帝同夥的，事情不是這樣的。
我不能觧釋，理解是由奉獻中反射出來的。
如果我告訴你們我所知的一切，
很多人會受不了，所以我會克制，
我會在村口叫兩聲，然後離開，
該聽見的人就會聽見。
- 問荷譯
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