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Gurbani (660-685)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 169503" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>Here is a Catholic mystic's "take" on this phrase - he imagines himself as a "flower" crushed under wandering feet, to emphasise his utter humility and dependence upon and devotion to his Beloved Lord. It begins with him describing what God is to him and in the second pararaph what he wishes to become to God: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">"...</span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">As the bridegroom to his chosen, as the king unto his realm,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the keeper to the castle, as the pilot to the helm.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the captain to his soldiers, as the shepherd to his lambs,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">So, Lord, art thou to me.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the fountain in the garden, as the candle in the dark,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the treasure in the coffer, as the manna in the ark,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the firelight in the winter, As the sunlight in the spring</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">So Lord art thou to me.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the music at the banquet, as the stamp unto the seal,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As refreshment to the fainting, as the wine-cup at the meal,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the singing on the feast day, as the amen to the prayer,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">So Lord art thou to me.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the ruby in the setting, as the honey in the comb</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the light within the lantern, as the father in the home,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the eagle in the mountains, as the sparrow in the nest,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">So Lord art thou to me.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the sunshine in the heavens, as the image in the glass,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the fruit unto the fig tree, as the dew unto the grass,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">As the rainbow on the hilltop, as the river in the plain,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #040404">So Lord art thou to me.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">As <span style="color: #000000">the lily of the valley,</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #040404"></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">White and pure and sweet,</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As the lowly violet trodden</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Under wandering feet;</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As the rose amidst the briars</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Fresh and fair is found,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Heedless of the tangled thicket,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And the thorns around—</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As the sun-flower ever turning</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To the mighty sun,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With the faithfulness of fealty</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Following only one—</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So make me, Lord, to Thee..." </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #040404"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><em>- Johannes Tauler (c.1300-1361), Catholic mystic & Dominican priest</em></strong> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 169503, member: 17438"] Here is a Catholic mystic's "take" on this phrase - he imagines himself as a "flower" crushed under wandering feet, to emphasise his utter humility and dependence upon and devotion to his Beloved Lord. It begins with him describing what God is to him and in the second pararaph what he wishes to become to God: [SIZE=3]"...[/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=#040404][FONT=Georgia]As the bridegroom to his chosen, as the king unto his realm,[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the keeper to the castle, as the pilot to the helm.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the captain to his soldiers, as the shepherd to his lambs,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]So, Lord, art thou to me.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the fountain in the garden, as the candle in the dark,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the treasure in the coffer, as the manna in the ark,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the firelight in the winter, As the sunlight in the spring[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]So Lord art thou to me.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the music at the banquet, as the stamp unto the seal,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As refreshment to the fainting, as the wine-cup at the meal,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the singing on the feast day, as the amen to the prayer,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]So Lord art thou to me.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the ruby in the setting, as the honey in the comb[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the light within the lantern, as the father in the home,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the eagle in the mountains, as the sparrow in the nest,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]So Lord art thou to me.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the sunshine in the heavens, as the image in the glass,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the fruit unto the fig tree, as the dew unto the grass,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]As the rainbow on the hilltop, as the river in the plain,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#040404]So Lord art thou to me.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#040404][FONT=Georgia]As [COLOR=#000000]the lily of the valley,[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=#040404] [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]White and pure and sweet,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]As the lowly violet trodden[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Under wandering feet;[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]As the rose amidst the briars[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Fresh and fair is found,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Heedless of the tangled thicket,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]And the thorns around—[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]As the sun-flower ever turning[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]To the mighty sun,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]With the faithfulness of fealty[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Following only one—[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]So make me, Lord, to Thee..." [/SIZE][/FONT] [/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][B][I]- Johannes Tauler (c.1300-1361), Catholic mystic & Dominican priest[/I][/B] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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