A Rogue Wandrer ...: The Last Monarch

ـ "... إن فى الإنسان منطقة عجيبة سحيقة لا تصل إليها الفضيلة ولا الرذيلة ، ولا تشع فيها شمس العقل والإرادة ، ولا ينطق لسان المنطق ، ولا تطاع القوانين والأوضاع ، ولا تتداول فيها لغة أو تستخدم كلمة ... إنما هى مملكة نائية عن عالم الألفاظ والمعاني ... كل مافيها شفاف هفاف يأتي بالأعاجيب فى طرفة عين ... يكفي أن ترن فى أرجائها نبرة ، أو تبرق لمحة ، أو ينشر شذا عطر ، حتى يتصاعد من أعماقها فى لحظة من الإحساسات والصور والذكريات ، ما يهز كياننا ويفتح نفوسنا على أشياء لا قبل لنا بوصفها ، ولا بتجسيدها ، ولو لجأ إلى أدق العبارات و أبرع اللغات ... " ـ

توفيق الحكيم

Within man lies a deep wondrous spot, to which neither virtue nor vice can reach. Upon which the sun of reason and will never rise. In which the mouth of logic never speaks, the laws and rules are never obeyed, and not a language is used nor a word is ever spoken.
It is a distant Kingdom, beyond words and meanings. With everything is a sheer murmur offering wonders in a blink. From the depths of which, suffice a single tone or a flash of mind or a scent of a perfum, to allow rise of emotions, pictures and memories, a rising that will shake our being and open ourselves to things we can neither describe nor materialize even if we used the most refined of phrases or the most skillful of languages.

Tawfiq Al-Hakim.
(My humble transalation of the arabic text)

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The Last Monarch

On 26 of July , 54 years ago , the last king of Egypt left it for the last time.

HRH King Farouk the first , Sovereign of Egypt and Sudan , left his country on the royal yacht Al Mahroussa heading to Europe as his exile . This happended after being forced to abdicate his throne to his baby son King Fouad II , the last Official king of Egypt.

Regarardless of whether he was as bad as people portrayed him or it's just that he was a victim of his times and court , I'd like to say "Good night, sweet prince; and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: What about the new royal family ! u should put a picture for princess Khadiga :) Ohh how beautiful our society become.; 31 July, 2006 23:00
lastknight said...: wether he was bad or good .. he was the king of Egypt and Sudan , and we were prou of him at his time
God bless his sole; 15 November, 2007 00:48
Mmm! said...: lastknight ..... Amen; 16 November, 2007 00:46