魯米(Rumi,1207—1273）
《瑪斯納維》第三卷,故事五
《大海之眼與水面泡沫》
人的肉體感官，不過是遊蕩的掌心；
僅憑一隻手掌，如何能握住整頭大象的真容？
你看，這水面上泛起了層層泡沫——
每一朵飛沫，都隨著波濤翻滾、幻滅。
你只看到了泡沫的形狀，卻看不見那片大海？
這多麼令人驚奇！我們就像這隨波逐流的飛沫，
在這生死交織的大海中，日夜不停地沈浮。
哦，你這被表象迷惑的人啊！
你為何要用“泡沫的眼睛”去看待萬物，
誤以為每一朵飛沫，都是孤立存在的個體？
轉過身來吧，去借用“大海的眼睛”！
唯有當你用海洋的目光凝望，
你才會明白：那泡沫只是大海的衣裳，
而所有的風浪與分離，不過是同一片汪洋在呼吸。
如果你只盯著泡沫，你便會執著於它的消散與痛苦；
但如果你成為了大海，你將在永恆的潮汐里，
看到萬物從未真正分離開來。
Rumi,(1207—1273）
Masnavi,Volumn III,STORY V
The eye of the sea
Comparison of the sensual eye to the
hand of one that felt the elephant.
The eye of outward sense is as the palm of a hand,
The whole of the object is not grasped in the palm.
The sea itself is one thing, the foam another;
Neglect the foam, and regard the sea with your eyes.
Waves of foam rise from the sea night and day,
You look at the foam ripples and not the mighty sea.
We, like boats, are tossed hither and thither,
We are blind though we are on the bright ocean.
Ah! you who are asleep in the boat of the body,
You see the water; behold the Water of waters!
Under the water you see there is another Water moving it,
Within the spirit is a Spirit that calls it.