335. Faith / إيمان

Eid Mubarak! / عيد مبارك‎

Frog-click the title to SWB # 56308 and here to Surat ibrahim.

334c

334b

334a

334. No Evidence

333c

A Swisscheese script! / G...Gasp! I seek shelter in God.
Un copione-gruviera! / G...Gasp! Mi rifugio in Dio.

333b

It is full of holes! / B...But...

È pieno di buchi! / M...Ma...

333a

Script? Would you call that a script?? / B...But...

Copione? Lo chiameresti un copione?? / M...Ma...

333. Emmental or Gruyère?

332c

My Frogs, such was the script.

Rane mie, questo era il copione.

332b

We could not get a crumb of space!!

A noi, neanche una briciola di spazio!!

332a

Beautiful, you say? You stole the stage!
Bellissimo, dici? Hai rubato il palcoscenico!

332. Angry Frogs! / Rane arrabbiate! / قورباغه عصبانی

331c

Aaah! Mimì!! Nanan!!! Wasn't it Beautifuuul?!
Aaah! Mimì!! Nanan!!! Non era bbbellissimo?!

331b

Grr...grr...

گر گر گر

331a

Wow! A standing ovation.

Caspita! Il pubblico s'alza in piedi.

331. Backstage, iii / Dietro le quinte / محرمانه

Playbill / Cartellone

Salam Dear Frogs, Frog Lovers,
Interested Non-frogs and Froggars!

Welcome to the
Sufi Magic Theatre.

We know you want to know
what is going on behind the scenes...

Please frog-leap with us tomorrow
Tuesday, November 2nd
for a glance at once!

Six panels a week,

Tuesday through Sunday

Inshallah

***

Salve, O care Rane, Amanti delle Rane,
Ranofili-non-rane e Ranologi!

Benvenuti al
Teatro Magico Sufi

Sappiam che vorreste sapere

dietro le quinte cosa succede...

Non esitate, da rane saltate:

domani, martedì 2 novembre

a dare un'occhiata venite!

Sei quadri a settimana,

da martedì a domenica

se Dio vuole.

List Of Links / Ricapitolazione

Salam Dear Frogs, Frog Lovers, interested Non-Frogs and Froggars! Now the curtain slowly falls on the Sufi Magic Theatre and the froggy actors bow to the clapping audience... until:

Monday, November 1st

for the New Playbill (with a little surprise ;-).

But we are not leaving you here thirsty...

Frogs Without Borders (FWB) comic strips are inspired from their Shaykh's postings on Sufis Without Borders (SWB). For those of you who may want to go over these postings at once, here are the links of those related to each strip of *Nasrudin and his Two Wives* part one:

FWB # 304 SWB # 18789 // FWB # 306 SWB # 52953 // FWB # 313 SWB # 51813 // FWB # 314 SWB # 10341 // FWB # 315 SWB # 47283 // FWB # 316 SWB # 47344 // FWB # 317 SWB # 52881 //FWB # 319 SWB # 47310 // FWB # 321 SWB # 27729// FWB # 322 SWB # 35917// FWB # 323 SWB # 02471 // FWB # 330 SWB # 36772 .

You can also leap back to each strip and click on its title. Of course, in either case you must be a member of SWB.

Such a Good Wine! Enjoy!!

***
Cari Amici delle Rane,

Arrivederci a

Lunedì 1° novembre

per il nuovo cartellone (con sorpresina ;-).

Se nel frattempo voleste rileggere la commedia di Aristofane,
qui trovate il testo in italiano.

330-d Exeunt / Cala la tela

Click on the banner to expand it.
Clicca sul vessillo per espanderlo.

330-c

...Who is the head and which one has lost his head.

...Chi è alla testa e chi ha perso la testa.

330-b

beraw 'attAr kU khod mIshenAsad

برو عطّار كو خود مىشناسد

ke sorUr kIst sargardAn kodAm ast

كه سرور كيست سرگردان كدام است

330a

Go, Attar, since he himself knows...

Vai, Attar, ché lui soltanto sa...

330. Master / Capo / سرور

329c

My drinking companion is the judge, and the bartender is the imam.

Fa da giudice il mio compagno di sbronze, fa da imano il barista.

329b

marA ka'be kharAbAt ast emrUz

مرا كعبه خراباتست امروز

harIfam qAzI-o sAqI emam ast

حريفم قاضى و ساقى امام امامست

329a

The Ka'ba, for me, is the tavern of ruin, today.

Oggi per me è la taverna la Ka'ba.

329. New Places / Luoghi nuovi / مکان های جدید

328-c

I do not know that idol's name.
Di quell'idolo il nome io non conosco.

328-b

be maykhAnah emAmI mast khoftah ast
به ميخانه امامى مست خفتست

nemIdAnam keh Anbot rA cheh nAm ast

نمىدانم كه آن بت را چه نامست

328-a

In the bar a drunken imam is sleeping;

In taverna dorme ubriaco un imano;

328. Idols / Idoli / بتان

327-c

Seek which one it is, O dear ones!

O cari miei, cercate qual è!

327-b

meyAn-e masjed-o maykhAnah rahIst

مين مسجد و ميخانه راهيست

bejUyId ay'azIzan kIn kodAm ast

بجوءيد اى عزيزان كين كدام است

327-a

[But] in between [the road to] the mosque and the bar is another road.

[Ma] tra [la via a] moschea e bar c'è un'altra via.

327. In Between / Tra le due / ميان

326c

Nor to the bar, where they call me raw and hungover.

Né da Lily, che trova il mio vino un vinaccio.

326b

Na dar-e masjed gozarAndam keh rend ast
نه در مسجد گزارندم كه رندست

Na dar-e meykhAnah kIn khomAr-e khAm ast

نه در ميخانه كين خمار خامست

326a

I have neither been allowed to go to the mosque--since there they call me a sober drunkard

Andare da Mary non mi è permesso--per lei non sono che un sobrio ubriacon

326. Neither Nor / Né né / نه نه

325c

Since for wretched me both of them are prohibited.

Ambedue son proibite al povero me.

325b

rah-e maykhAnah-o masjed kodAm ast

ره ميخانه و مسجد كدام است

ke har do bar man-e meskIn harAm ast

كه هر دو برمن مسكين حرام است

325a

Which is the bar road and which is the mosque road?

Qual è la via alla taverna e alla moschea qual è?

325. Lily And Rosemary / ميخانه و مسجد

Summary 2 / Sommario 2

Nasrudin And His Two Wives - Now a married man, Nasrudin begins to sail from one wife to the other and back, until he gets lost in the middle of the channel, to the point that he does not even remember which channel it is: the British Channel? The Bosphorus? As far as he knows, it could even be Scylla and Carybdis (and probably is).

When a sufi feels lost, his best move is ذكر (Dhikr, namely to remember God). Our frog remembers the gatherings for Dhikr that he used to attend at his Shaykh’s house, then focuses on the Shaykh, reconnecting with him and with his energy. This is the practice called رابطه (Rabita - spiritually connecting with the image of one’s Shaykh).

Now from his heart a Persian poem arises, a poem from ‘Attar, "the pharmacist". Could it be the healing?

Summary 1 is: Monday, June 7, 2010
The story begins: Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Next panel is out on Wednesday the next, Inshallah...

Nasrudin e le sue due mogli – Ormai sposato, Nasrudin naviga dall’una all’altra moglie, fin quando si perde in mezzo al canale, al punto da non saper più dove si sia: sarà nella Manica? Sarà nel Bosforo? Per quel che ne sa potrebbe trovarsi addirittura tra Scilla e Cariddi (e probabilmente è così).

Quando un sufi si sente perduto, la sua mossa migliore è ذك (il Dhikr, cioè la rimembranza di Dio). Il nostro ranocchio ricorda gli incontri che avvenivano a casa del suo Maestro, quindi si concentra su di lui e sulla sua energia spirituale. Questa pratica è detta رابطه (Rabita - connettersi spiritualmente con l’immagine del proprio Maestro).

Ora dal suo cuore emerge un poema di 'Attar, “lo speziale”. Che sia la guarigione?

Il sommario 1 è: lunedì 7 giugno 2010
La storia inizia: giovedì 1° aprile 2010

Il prossimo pannello, mercoledì prossimo, se Dio vuole...

Eid Mubarak! / Buona Festa! / عيد مبارك‎

Dry Jinn / جني

Party On! See you on Sunday...Inshallah.
La festa continua! Ci vediamo domenica...Deo volente.

Baqardi / Sussistenza / بقا

More on Saturday... Please come back!
Continua sabato...torna a trovarci!

Invitation / Invito / دعوت

'Eid Ul-Fitr 1431 AH Special!

324c

...Through the waves of the sea of the heart.

...Via le onde del mare del cuore.

324b

- may the Merciful listen to me -

- che il Misericordioso mi ascolti -

324a

So I call with the words of Attar...

Ed io chiamo con parole di Attar...