The Guest House

[Rumah Singgah]

This being human is a guest house.
[manusia adalah rumah singgah]
Every morning a new arrival.
[setiap pagi adalah kedatangan baru]
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
[kesenangan, depresi, kekejaman]
some momentary awareness comes
[beberapa ketakutan sesaat datang]
as an unexpected visitor.
[sebagai tamu yang tak diundang]
Welcome and entertain them all!
[sambutlah dan hibur mereka semua]
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
[bahkan jika mereka adalah sekumpulan duka cita]
who violently sweep your house
[yang secara kasar menyapu rumahmu]
empty of its furniture,
[mengosongkan perabotannya]
still, treat each guest honorably.
[tetaplah, perlakukan setiap tamu dengan terhormat]
He may be clearing you out
[ mungkin dia sedang memperjelas buat kamu]
for some new delight.
[untuk suatu kegembiraan baru]
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
[pikiran gelap, memalukan, kedengkian]
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
[temui mereka pada pintu tertawa dan undanglah mereka masuk]
Be grateful for whatever comes.
[berterimakasihlah  pada apa yang datang]
because each has been sent
[karena semua telah dikirimkan]
as a guide from beyond.
 [sebagai petunjuk/panduan dari yang diatas]

-- Jelaluddin Rumi,
translation by Coleman Barks