Let us not Forget
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Let us not forget who we are, whence we came, where we
shall go;
Let us not forget that pre-eternal day when we bore
witness,
Bore witness to His Lordship with a resounding yea,
Which does still echo under the vaults of the
celestial realm.
Let us not forget the intimacy of the Beloved’s
embrace,
The warmth of Her bosom when we in union were.
We have now fallen and forgotten who we are,
Wandering on earth with no compass in hand.
Bu we can remember, so let us not forget.
Let us not forget that although cast in this lowly
world,
Although blinded by veils of neglect and heedlessness,
Although forgetfulness our second nature has become,
We are placed here on earth to remember and can
remember.
Let us not forget then to remember our Origin and End,
To remember who we really are as we make this journey
of earthly life.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Pilgrimage of Life and the Wisdom of Rumi, The Foundation for
Traditional Studies, Oakton, 2007, p. 29.
