JAWA MEDITATION SONG 1

 

SULUK MANTRA MANYURA

 

Javanese:

 O,

Sun arsa mateg mantra Manyura,

Samar kadya tan katon wujude,

Angelangut jroning wengi,

Samar kadya ginawa ing samirana,

 

O,

Sumusup sajroning nalan,

Kinembangan mantra sajuga,

Tan samar pamoring suksma,

Sinuksmaya ing asepi,

 

O,

Jroning layap liyeping aluyup,

Dhuh Gusti jejimat ingsun,

Sun memba dadya kang sun karsa.

 

Indonesian:

O,

Hamba hendak membaca Mantera Manyura,

Samar-samar bagaikan tak nampak wujudnya,

Sayup-sayup pada saat malam,

Sayup bagai dibawa oleh angin,

 

O,

Merasuk ke dalam hati,

Berhiaskan sebuah mantera,

Tak samar lagi akan kejernihan jiwa,

Yang mendapat penerangan jiwa di saat sunyi,

 

O,

Saat berada di antara (mata yang) terpejam dan terjaga,

Duh Gusti (Tuhan) azimat hamba,

Hamba mohon jadikanlah hamba seperti hamba yang sesungguhnya

 

English

O,

Ye servant about to recite the Manyura prayer,

Vaguely as if invisible,

Faintly at night,

As if carried by the wind,

O,

Into the heart,

Adorned with a prayer,

No longer faint the clarity of soul,

Who enlightens the soul in solitude,

 

O,

In between (eyes that are) closed and awake,

Duh Gusti (God) my Lord,

Ye request, please make allowed me to be who I am