•• صادفت أناساً لا يعرفون كيف يكتشفون ما بداخل أعماقهم.. مثل رجل أسبغ الله عليه من نعمائه لكنه لم يتعلم من الحياة شيئاً.. طبقات روحه غائرة في الزمن، فلم يشعر بحميمية أي علاقة مع الأشياء حوله.. وحين أصبح مُسناً؛ مضغت نفسه حنينها إلى ظلال أمكنة مرَّ بها، ومضت ذاته إلى أزمنة عاشها.. فما كان يقطعه في خطوة يقطعه الآن في خطوات.
•• في سمو مقتبل العُمر استراح هذا الرافض للحياة كسيف كسيح.. وفي أرذل آخر العُمر هاج كالبحر، فسالت مياه تفريطه بدنياه وآخرته.. في السابق اتكأ على حياة ملتوية، وتدلّى بشح الاستمتاع بالمتعة.. وفي اللاحق نفاه البؤس عن صلة قرابته بحِلمِه الجميل، وأيقظه الألم من سباته العميق ليبعده عن ندى الصباحات المشرقة.. وما بين جنة وجحيم اضطرب في محاولة للبحث عن البهجة.
•• تحت غبار نباح، وغَبَرة نياح، وغَوار صياح، ألم بحسرة وندب بدمعة، وكان أولى بهذا الدمع.. في مقتبل العُمر عاش بعيداً عن الزمان، فمزَّق الزمن أحشاء نشوته اللعوبة، بلا خرير حياة تؤنسه، ولا ريح مثلجة تنذره.. وحين شاخ اضطر لارتداء كل شيء داكن، فأصبح كنجوم مرتعشة تكاد لا تبين.. لا أحد يشاركه أجواء مأساته الداكنة، ولا شيء يتضامن مع ظلمته الداهمة.
•• وهناك من هو كضفدع يسأل الثور عن سبب ضخامته.. لا يدري أن الحياة نوعان: مواجهتها بالحكمة أو إماتتها بالإعراض.. دنيا لا تثير اهتمامه حضوراً وغياباً، فغروبه عنها فصله عن محيطه.. فمن أراد أن ينعم بحياة بهجية؛ فليرتدِ قميصها وليعانق شعاعها.. ومن أبقى شيئاً من حبها مربوطاً بأغلال الألفة؛ فسيعلو زمانه على مكانه.. حياة لا تتسع إلا إلى الأرواح الكبيرة فقط.
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خالد بن هزاع الشريف khalid98alshrif@
•• I encountered people who do not know how to discover what lies within their depths.. like a man whom God has blessed with His bounties, yet he has learned nothing from life.. the layers of his soul are deep in time, so he felt no warmth in any relationship with the things around him.. and when he became elderly; his soul chewed on its longing for the shadows of places he passed by, and his being drifted to times he lived.. what he used to cover in one step, he now covers in several steps.
•• In the prime of his youth, this rejecter of life rested like a heavy sword.. and in the decline of his old age, he raged like the sea, causing the waters of his neglect to flow in this world and the next.. previously, he leaned on a twisted life, and clung to the scarcity of enjoying pleasure.. later, misery exiled him from his kinship with his beautiful dream, and pain awakened him from his deep slumber to distance him from the dew of bright mornings.. and between paradise and hell, he struggled in an attempt to search for joy.
•• Under the dust of barking, and the haze of wailing, and the depth of shouting, he suffered with regret and wept a tear, and he was more deserving of this tear.. in the prime of his youth, he lived far from time, so time tore apart the insides of his playful joy, without the flow of life to comfort him, nor a chilling wind to warn him.. and when he aged, he had to wear everything dark, becoming like trembling stars that barely shine.. no one shares with him the atmosphere of his dark tragedy, and nothing sympathizes with his overwhelming darkness.
•• And there are those who are like a frog asking the bull about the reason for its size.. unaware that life is of two kinds: facing it with wisdom or killing it with indifference.. a world that does not pique his interest in presence or absence, so his departure from it separated him from his surroundings.. whoever wishes to enjoy a joyful life; let him wear its shirt and embrace its ray.. and whoever keeps something of its love tied with the shackles of familiarity; his time will rise above his place.. a life that only accommodates great souls.
•• In the prime of his youth, this rejecter of life rested like a heavy sword.. and in the decline of his old age, he raged like the sea, causing the waters of his neglect to flow in this world and the next.. previously, he leaned on a twisted life, and clung to the scarcity of enjoying pleasure.. later, misery exiled him from his kinship with his beautiful dream, and pain awakened him from his deep slumber to distance him from the dew of bright mornings.. and between paradise and hell, he struggled in an attempt to search for joy.
•• Under the dust of barking, and the haze of wailing, and the depth of shouting, he suffered with regret and wept a tear, and he was more deserving of this tear.. in the prime of his youth, he lived far from time, so time tore apart the insides of his playful joy, without the flow of life to comfort him, nor a chilling wind to warn him.. and when he aged, he had to wear everything dark, becoming like trembling stars that barely shine.. no one shares with him the atmosphere of his dark tragedy, and nothing sympathizes with his overwhelming darkness.
•• And there are those who are like a frog asking the bull about the reason for its size.. unaware that life is of two kinds: facing it with wisdom or killing it with indifference.. a world that does not pique his interest in presence or absence, so his departure from it separated him from his surroundings.. whoever wishes to enjoy a joyful life; let him wear its shirt and embrace its ray.. and whoever keeps something of its love tied with the shackles of familiarity; his time will rise above his place.. a life that only accommodates great souls.


