Rumi's Masnavi - Inasmuch as you have not broken your foot in this path, whom are you mocking? Why have you bandaged your foot?

Inasmuch as you have not broken your foot in this path, whom are you mocking? Why have you bandaged your foot?

چون در این ره پای خود نشکسته‌‌ای ** بر که می‌‌خندی چه پا را بسته‌‌ای‌‌

But as for him who broke his foot in the path of exertion, Buráq came up to him, and he mounted (and rode).

و آن که پایش در ره کوشش شکست ** در رسید او را براق و بر نشست‌‌

He was a bearer of the (true) religion, and he became one who is borne; he was an accepter of the (Divine) command, and he became accepted.

حامل دین بود او محمول شد ** قابل فرمان بد او مقبول شد

Until now, he was receiving commands from the King; henceforth he delivers the (King's) commands to the people. 1075

تا کنون فرمان پذیرفتی ز شاه ** بعد از این فرمان رساند بر سپاه‌‌

Until now, the stars were influencing him; henceforth he is the ruler of the stars.

تا کنون اختر اثر کردی در او ** بعد از این باشد امیر اختر او

If (on this account) perplexity arise in thy sight (mind), then thou wilt have doubts concerning The moon was cloven asunder.

گر ترا اشکال آید در نظر ** پس تو شک داری در انشق القمر

Refresh thy faith, (but) not with talk of the tongue, O thou who hast secretly refreshed thy (evil) desire.

تازه کن ایمان نه از گفت زبان ** ای هوا را تازه کرده در نهان‌‌

So long as desire is fresh, faith is not fresh, for ’tis this desire that locks (against thee) that gate.

تا هوا تازه ست ایمان تازه نیست ** کاین هوا جز قفل آن دروازه نیست‌‌

Thou hast interpreted (and altered the meaning of) the virgin (uncorrupted) Word: interpret (alter) thyself, not the (Divine) Book. 1080

کرده‌‌ای تاویل حرف بکر را ** خویش را تاویل کن نی ذکر را

Thou interpretest the Qur’án according to thy desire: by thee the sublime meaning is degraded and perverted.

بر هوا تاویل قرآن می‌‌کنی ** پست و کژ شد از تو معنی سنی‌‌

The baseness of the foul interpretation given by the fly.

زیافت تاویل رکیک مگس‌‌