Rumi's Masnavi - The tears which people shed for His sake are pearls

The tears which people shed for His sake are pearls—and people think they are tears. 1780

اشک کان از بهر او بارند خلق ** گوهر است و اشک پندارند خلق‌‌

I am complaining of the Soul of the soul, (but in truth) I am not complaining: I am (only) relating.

من ز جان جان شکایت می‌‌کنم ** من نیم شاکی روایت می‌‌کنم‌‌

My heart is saying, “I am tormented by Him,” and I have (long) been laughing at its poor pretence.

دل همی‌‌گوید کز او رنجیده‌‌ام ** وز نفاق سست می‌‌خندیده‌‌ام‌‌

Do (me) right, O glory of the righteous, O Thou who art the dais, and I the threshold of Thy door!

راستی کن ای تو فخر راستان ** ای تو صدر و من درت را آستان‌‌

Where are threshold and dais in reality? In the quarter where our Beloved is, where are “we” and “I”?

آستان و صدر در معنی کجاست ** ما و من کو آن طرف کان یار ماست‌‌

O Thou whose soul is free from “we” and “I,” O Thou who art the subtle essence of the spirit in man and woman, 1785

ای رهیده جان تو از ما و من ** ای لطیفه‌‌ی روح اندر مرد و زن‌‌

When man and woman become one, Thou art that One; when the units are wiped out, lo, Thou art that (Unity).

مرد و زن چون یک شود آن یک تویی ** چون که یک جا محو شد آنک تویی‌‌

Thou didst contrive this “I” and “we” in order that Thou mightst play the game of worship with Thyself,

این من و ما بهر آن بر ساختی ** تا تو با خود نرد خدمت باختی‌‌

That all “I's” and “thou's” should become one soul and at last should be submerged in the Beloved.

تا من و توها همه یک جان شوند ** عاقبت مستغرق جانان شوند

All this is (true), and do Thou come, O Giver of the command, O Thou who transcendest “Come” and (all) speech!

این همه هست و بیا ای امر کن ** ای منزه از بیان و از سخن‌‌