Rumi's Masnavi - Is it not the case that the lover, day and night, converses now with the ruins (of the beloved's abode), now with the traces (of her habitation)?

Is it not the case that the lover, day and night, converses now with the ruins (of the beloved's abode), now with the traces (of her habitation)? 1345

نه که عاشق روز و شب گوید سخن ** گاه با اطلال و گاهی با دمن

To outward seeming, he has turned his face towards the ruins, (but) to whom is he (really) saying that song of praise, to whom?

روی با اطلال کرده ظاهرا ** او کرا می‌گوید آن مدحت کرا

Thanks (be to Thee)! Now Thou hast let loose the Flood and removed the ruins which stood between (me and Thee).

شکر طوفان را کنون بگماشتی ** واسطه‌ی اطلال را بر داشتی

(I thank Thee) because they were vile and evil ruins, uttering neither a cry nor an echo.

زانک اطلال لیم و بد بدند ** نه ندایی نه صدایی می‌زدند

I desire such ruins to speak with as answer back, like the mountain, by an echo,

من چنان اطلال خواهم در خطاب ** کز صدا چون کوه واگوید جواب

So that I may hear Thy name redoubled, (for) I am in love with Thy soul-soothing name. 1350

تا مثنا بشنوم من نام تو ** عاشقم برنام جان آرام تو

That is why every prophet holds the mountains dear: (’tis) that he may hear Thy name redoubled.

هرنبی زان دوست دارد کوه را ** تا مثنا بشنود نام ترا

That low mountain, resembling stony ground, is suitable for a mouse, not for us, as a resting-place.

آن که پست مثال سنگ لاخ ** موش را شاید نه ما را در مناخ

(When) I speak, it does not join with me: the breath of my speech remains without (any) echo.

من بگویم او نگردد یار من ** بی صدا ماند دم گفتار من

’Tis better that thou level it with the earth; it is not in accord with thy breath (voice): thou shouldst join it with thy foot.”

با زمین آن به که هموارش کنی ** نیست همدم با قدم یارش کنی