The Unself Poem by Sadiqullah Khan
The Unself
From self to self in the music of silence
In the wailing of those they see what means
From the state of consciousness to consciousness
Under the voices of the beats of the metals and strings
Wine like hemlock from the lips of the cup
In the mystery of the darkness of the aroma of hair
The beloved takes through the drunken glance
Breathe is the last possession in the heart
Soul goes from here to there to the eternity
Yes or no is left with the sense of being
From self to self is from reason to reason
From reason to unreason when I loosen the bridle
To let loose the horse of self on its own to halt
Where the bliss to unfold the secrets of the self
From self to unself the journey is from reason
Unreason has much for the reason to know
Consciousness of being is in the self and unself
My visions of self manifest in the unself
Is the state before the goblet is but the state after
Yet to the self I return from the unself
The self is then the hang over of the night’s drunkenness
31/7/2009
Self to self - the self monologue, a contemplation of self, an assessment from the silence...and the unself - the way we are from the behavioral patterns which instinct manifest. The denial of actions done which irrationality reigns, unself which is visualized by others which you are not aware of hidden under the pandora's box...loved your profound poem...10+++
From the behavioral point of view, when we go from reason to unreason then it has to have an expression either in the self or something that is opposite of self. In Persian and other eastern literature, the state of 'Khudi' is used for the self and 'Bekhudi' as opposite of self which has no translation in English. There fore I have used this word “unself” This state is quite different from 'unconsciousness' where all senses are totally lost. Here the senses are not lost but get to a much heightened level of experience away from the usual self that gets into the realm of understanding what we call the thought process in the right hemisphere of the brain, when it dominates leading to a behavior that is not akin to the left hemispheric activity. (May be)
'Breathe is the last possession in the heart' Nice expression ths one, Sadiq...the fourth stanza lines are so good...your imaginative philosophic horse of thoughts rides along smoothly there...thanks...10
self and unself.........i read it again and again.......what were you thinking sadiq....?
In short i wud say woderful job done! perfect metaphors! 10+
Your first stanza is quite eloquent. I understand the music of silence. You make good use of simile and metphor in this thought provoking write. Kind regards, Sandra
The Ego vs I the psychosocial inhibitions of personality is much debated pattern of a person (self) and can be manifested without or with the subsconscious mind. This is the theme you implied with your write and you presented it well into poetic monologue diction...a provoking interesting write...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/2/2024 6:50:25 PM # 1.0.0.1119
It's not easy my friend to understand the self and non-self, the distinction is more complicated than we think, an interesting sufi poem, with lot of food for thoughts. Well penned! ! !