•• في آخر لقاء بيننا قبل عشرين عاماً ونيف؛ كان كنجمة مضيئة في سماء بالغة الثلج والمطر.. وفي صدفة لقائي به قبل أيام بغير ميعاد؛ رأيت في عينيه جرة زمن أوقعته في كدح من أزمات الحياة.. لمحت على وجهه بكاء ونواحاً وتندباً، ودمعة تقول له: «أنا أولى بك من غيرك».. ورغم مأساته التي أبصرتها في وجهه؛ قرأته صابراً بصبرٍ يقطر شهداً.
•• عند مصائب الدنيا؛ من ظروفه تمزق قسوة الحياة.. في داخل أحشائه ظلمة داهمة ومحرقة باردة.. ولكنه يرتدي ملابس التقوى ويتحصّن بصوت الإيمان.. شديد الخفر على معاناته فيحاول إخفاءها كبحر صافٍ يعكس صورة الأشياء.. يرى في مصيبته ما لا يراه الآخرون.. اصطباره يحتاج من الإنسان مداداً يعبأ من القلب.. مثل هذا يستريح في جنة الدنيا كما يستريح الرضيع في صدر أمه.
•• وعلى النقيض؛ هناك من هو كسيف كسيح لا علو له ولا صدى.. حين عاقبته الحياة بظروف لم يتخيلها؛ صار كقافلة في الصحراء هائمة على صفحة الفلاة لا تعرف طريقها.. وعندما داهمته صعوبات الحياة دون أن تنصفه؛ تحول إلى مخلوق تعيس تفيض حبات دموعه بسلاسة.. ولما أنهشته جراح الحياة زادت من وحدته ووحشته فظل في صبح لا يشرق وليل لا يغيب.
•• وبين الصابر والجازع؛ ساحة قلب مليئة بالثبات، وأخرى احتوت الضجيج.. «الصابر» صبره يكفي لألف.. يعزف على نياط القلب حبه للحياة حد الثمالة.. لقمة القناعة لديه منقوشة في ثنايا فؤاده.. أما الجازع؛ فيستمر في العراك مع ذاته باقتدار و(خبال).. تفنن في تبديل سعادته إلى حزن يتسلل إليه بخفة، فلا غرابة أن تصبح حبات دموع هذا المضطرب المرتعب تفيض من عينيه بسلاسة.
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•• In our last meeting twenty years ago and more; he was like a shining star in a sky filled with snow and rain.. And by coincidence, when I met him a few days ago unexpectedly; I saw in his eyes the weight of time that had plunged him into the toil of life's crises.. I caught a glimpse of crying and wailing on his face, and a tear that seemed to say to him: "I deserve you more than anyone else".. And despite the tragedy I saw in his face; I read him as patient, with a patience that dripped like honey.
•• In the calamities of the world; his circumstances tear apart the harshness of life.. Inside him, there is a looming darkness and a cold burning.. But he wears the garments of piety and fortifies himself with the voice of faith.. He is deeply modest about his suffering, trying to hide it like a clear sea that reflects the image of things.. He sees in his misfortune what others do not see.. His patience requires from a person a supply drawn from the heart.. Such a one finds rest in the paradise of this world just as an infant finds rest on its mother's breast.
•• In contrast; there are those who are gloomy and crippled, with no elevation or echo.. When life punished him with circumstances he never imagined; he became like a caravan in the desert, wandering aimlessly across the barren land, not knowing its way.. And when life’s difficulties overwhelmed him without mercy; he turned into a miserable creature, his tears flowing effortlessly.. And when the wounds of life bit into him, they increased his loneliness and desolation, leaving him in a dawn that does not dawn and a night that does not fade.
•• Between the patient and the despairing; there is a heart filled with steadfastness, and another that contains noise.. The "patient" has enough patience for a thousand.. He plays on the strings of the heart with his love for life to the point of intoxication.. The morsel of contentment is engraved in the folds of his heart.. As for the despairing; he continues to wrestle with himself with skill and (madness).. He has mastered the art of transforming his happiness into sadness that sneaks up on him lightly, so it is no wonder that the tears of this troubled, terrified one flow from his eyes effortlessly.
•• In the calamities of the world; his circumstances tear apart the harshness of life.. Inside him, there is a looming darkness and a cold burning.. But he wears the garments of piety and fortifies himself with the voice of faith.. He is deeply modest about his suffering, trying to hide it like a clear sea that reflects the image of things.. He sees in his misfortune what others do not see.. His patience requires from a person a supply drawn from the heart.. Such a one finds rest in the paradise of this world just as an infant finds rest on its mother's breast.
•• In contrast; there are those who are gloomy and crippled, with no elevation or echo.. When life punished him with circumstances he never imagined; he became like a caravan in the desert, wandering aimlessly across the barren land, not knowing its way.. And when life’s difficulties overwhelmed him without mercy; he turned into a miserable creature, his tears flowing effortlessly.. And when the wounds of life bit into him, they increased his loneliness and desolation, leaving him in a dawn that does not dawn and a night that does not fade.
•• Between the patient and the despairing; there is a heart filled with steadfastness, and another that contains noise.. The "patient" has enough patience for a thousand.. He plays on the strings of the heart with his love for life to the point of intoxication.. The morsel of contentment is engraved in the folds of his heart.. As for the despairing; he continues to wrestle with himself with skill and (madness).. He has mastered the art of transforming his happiness into sadness that sneaks up on him lightly, so it is no wonder that the tears of this troubled, terrified one flow from his eyes effortlessly.


