Rumi's Masnavi - (He bestowed on my heart) that which touched the cypress and made its stature straight, and that of which the narcissus and wild-rose partook;

(He bestowed on my heart) that which touched the cypress and made its stature straight, and that of which the narcissus and wild-rose partook; 4130

آنچ زد بر سرو و قدش راست کرد ** و آنچ از وی نرگس و نسرین بخورد

That which made sweet the soul and heart of the sugar-cane, and that from which the creature of earth gained the form of Chigil;

آنچ نی را کرد شیرین جان و دل ** و آنچ خاکی یافت ازو نقش چگل

That which made the eyebrow so ravishing and made the face rose-coloured and (like) the pomegranate-flower;

آنچ ابرو را چنان طرار ساخت ** چهره را گلگونه و گلنار ساخت

(That which) gave a hundred enchantments to the tongue, and that which gave the (pure) gold of Ja‘far to the mine.

مر زبان را داد صد افسون‌گری ** وانک کان را داد زر جعفری

When the door of the Armoury was opened, the amorous glances became archers,

چون در زرادخانه باز شد ** غمزه‌های چشم تیرانداز شد

And shot arrows at my heart and frenzied me and made me in love with thanksgiving and sugar-chewing. 4135

بر دلم زد تیر و سوداییم کرد ** عاشق شکر و شکرخاییم کرد

I am the lover of that One to whom every ‘that’ belongs: of (even) a single pearl of His the bodyguard is Intellect and Spirit.

عاشق آنم که هر آن آن اوست ** عقل و جان جاندار یک مرجان اوست

I do not boast, or if I boast, (’tis only in appearance, for) like water, I have no trouble in quenching fire.

من نلافم ور بلافم همچو آب ** نیست در آتش‌کشی‌ام اضطراب

How should I steal when He is the keeper of the treasury? How should not I be hard-faced (bold and resolute)? He is my support.

چون بدزدم چون حفیظ مخزن اوست ** چون نباشم سخت‌رو پشت من اوست

Every one whose back is warmed by the Sun will be hard-faced: he will have neither dread nor shame.

هر که از خورشید باشد پشت گرم ** سخت رو باشد نه بیم او را نه شرم

His face has become foe-burning and veil-rending, like the face of the peerless Sun. 4140

همچو روی آفتاب بی‌حذر ** گشت رویش خصم‌سوز و پرده‌در

Every prophet was hard-faced in this world, and beat single-handed against the army of the kings,

هر پیمبر سخت‌رو بد در جهان ** یکسواره کوفت بر جیش شهان

And did not avert his face from any fear or pain, (but) single and alone dashed against a (whole) world.

رو نگردانید از ترس و غمی ** یک‌تنه تنها بزد بر عالمی

The rock is hard-faced and bold-eyed: it is not afraid of the world that is full of brickbats;

سنگ باشد سخت‌رو و چشم‌شوخ ** او نترسد از جهان پر کلوخ

For those brickbats were made solid by the brick-maker, (while) the rock was hardened by Divine art.

کان کلوخ از خشت‌زن یک‌لخت شد ** سنگ از صنع خدایی سخت شد

If the sheep are beyond count, (yet) how should the butcher be afraid of their numerousness? 4145

گوسفندان گر برونند از حساب ** ز انبهیشان کی بترسد آن قصاب

‘Each of you is a shepherd’: the prophet is as the shepherd. The people are like the flock; he is the overseer.

کلکم راع نبی چون راعیست ** خلق مانند رمه او ساعیست

The shepherd is not afraid of the sheep in (his) contention (with them), but is their protector from hot and cold (from all calamities).

از رمه چوپان نترسد در نبرد ** لیکشان حافظ بود از گرم و سرد

If he cry out in wrath against the flock, know ’tis from the love which he hath for them all.

گر زند بانگی ز قهر او بر رمه ** دان ز مهرست آن که دارد بر همه

(My) new Fortune says (whispers) into my ear every moment, ‘I will make thee sorrowful, (but) be not sorrowful (on that account).

هر زمان گوید به گوشم بخت نو ** که ترا غمگین کنم غمگین مشو

I will make thee sorrowful and weeping, to the end that I may hide thee from the eyes of the wicked. 4150

من ترا غمگین و گریان زان کنم ** تا کت از چشم بدان پنهان کنم

I will cause thy temper to be soured with sorrows, in order that the evil eye may be averted from thy face.

تلخ گردانم ز غمها خوی تو ** تا بگردد چشم بد از روی تو

Thou art not (really) a hunter and seeker of Me; (nay), thou art My slave and prostrate before My providence.

نه تو صیادی و جویای منی ** بنده و افکنده‌ی رای منی

Thou art thinking of devices whereby thou mayst attain unto Me: (both) in quitting and in seeking Me thou art helpless.

حیله اندیشی که در من در رسی ** در فراق و جستن من بی‌کسی

Thy anguish is seeking a means for (attaining unto) Me: I was hearkening yestereve to thy heavy sighs.

چاره می‌جوید پی من درد تو ** می‌شنودم دوش آه سرد تو