The Ney’s Complaint of Separation

“Listen with the ear of the soul to what the ney says—it complains of separation.” The ney speaks in its own language of state: “They cut me from the reed bed,” it says; “Both woman and man weep when they hear me.” “Since the day they severed me from the marsh, my cry has made men and women moan with sorrow. Yet not everyone who listens to me understands what I mean, nor hears my lament. To truly hear me, one must have suffered the pain of separation, a wounded heart, a soul steeped in feeling—only then can I pour out my grief and anguish to them.”
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

A person who has been separated from their homeland and has moved away longs for the happy times spent there and wishes to relive those moments. They yearn to reunite with the beloved they have left behind. 
In every gathering, in every assembly, I have moaned, cried, and paused. I have fallen and risen with both ill-tempered people and good-hearted ones…

The ney symbolizes the perfected person in Sufism who has freed themselves from carnal desires and is filled with divine love. The ney moans because it has been separated from the reedbed. Similarly, humans have been exiled from the spiritual realm of the soul to the material world. Suffering from separation from the Truth (Hakk), they endure pain, illness, and calamities throughout their life. As they struggle, humans long for the happiness of the spiritual realm and seek ways to escape the world where they feel like strangers and live as exiles. 

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