Rumi's Masnavi - She has told me from the first, that I might remember it, whatsoever should come to me as my allotted portion of right and wrong.”

She has told me from the first, that I might remember it, whatsoever should come to me as my allotted portion of right and wrong.”

هر چه روزی داد و ناداد آیدم ** او ز اول گفته تا یاد آیدم‌‌

The parrot whose voice comes from (Divine) inspiration and whose beginning was before the beginning of existence—

طوطیی کاید ز وحی آواز او ** پیش از آغاز وجود آغاز او

That parrot is hidden within thee: thou hast seen the reflexion of her upon this and that (the things of the phenomenal world).

اندرون تست آن طوطی نهان ** عکس او را دیده تو بر این و آن‌‌

She takes away thy joy, and because of her thou art rejoicing: thou receivest injury from her as though it were justice.

می‌‌برد شادیت را تو شاد از او ** می‌‌پذیری ظلم را چون داد از او

O thou who wert burning the soul for the body's sake, thou hast burned (destroyed) the soul and illumined (delighted) the body. 1720

ای که جان را بهر تن می‌‌سوختی ** سوختی جان را و تن افروختی‌‌

I am burning (with love of God): does any one want tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with fire from me.

سوختم من سوخته خواهد کسی ** تا ز من آتش زند اندر خسی‌‌

Inasmuch as tinder is combustible, take tinder that catches fire (readily).

سوخته چون قابل آتش بود ** سوخته بستان که آتش کش بود

O alas, O alas, O alas that such a moon became hidden under the clouds!

ای دریغا ای دریغا ای دریغ ** کانچنان ماهی نهان شد زیر میغ‌‌

How should I utter a word?—for the fire in my heart is grown fierce, the lion of separation (from the Beloved) has become raging and blood-shedding.

چون زنم دم کاتش دل تیز شد ** شیر هجر آشفته و خون ریز شد

One that even when sober is violent and furious, how will it be when he takes the wine-cup in his hand? 1725

آن که او هوشیار خود تند است و مست ** چون بود چون او قدح گیرد به دست‌‌