IMMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE   --Rumi

直接的知識

Come, recognize that your sensation and imagination and understanding are like the reed-cane on which children ride.

The spiritual man’s knowledge bears him aloft; the sensual man’s knowledge is a burden.

來，認識一下你的感官感覺和想像以及了解就像小孩子騎著玩的蘆葦桿。

靈性知識把人帶往高處；感官的知識則是一個重擔。

God hath said, like an ass laden with books: heavy is the knowledge that is not inspired by Him;

But if you carry it for no selfish ends, the load will be lifted and you will feel delight.

神說過：就像一匹馱著一大堆書的驢子：不是來自祂的知識就是沈重；

但如果你無私地背負它，重擔就會減輕你也會感到愉悅。

How can you become free without the wine of Him, O you who are content with the sign of Him?

From attribute and name what is born? Phantasy; but phantasy shows the way to the Truth.

噢，滿足於祂的符號的你，沒有祂的酒你如何自由？

從特徵與名稱之間會產生什麼？幻想；但幻想指出真理的道路。

Do you know any name without a reality? Or have you ever plucked a rose from R.O.S.E.?

You have pronounced the name: go, seek the thing named. The moon is in the sky, not in the water.

你知道有那個名字不指向一個真實的？或者你可曾從「玫瑰」這兩個字上摘取過一朵玫瑰？

你已經拼出名字了：去，尋找名字所指的東西。月亮在天上，不在水裡。

Would you rise beyond name and letter, make yourself entirely pure,

And behold in your own heart all the knowledge of the prophets, without book, without learning, without preceptor.

你要超越名稱與文字，使你自己完全純淨，

看著你心裡面先知們的所有知識，沒有書本，沒有學習，沒有老師。