Rumi's Masnavi - The wife said, “When with all thy might thou dost (endeavour to) rise up entirely purged of self-existence

The wife said, “When with all thy might thou dost (endeavour to) rise up entirely purged of self-existence—that is veracity.

گفت زن صدق آن بود کز بود خویش ** پاک برخیزی تو از مجهود خویش‌‌

We have the rain-water in the jug: ’tis thy property and capital and means.

آب باران است ما را در سبو ** ملکت و سرمایه و اسباب تو

Take this jug of water and depart, make it a gift and go into the presence of the King of kings. 2705

این سبوی آب را بردار و رو ** هدیه ساز و پیش شاهنشاه شو

Say, ‘We have no means except this: in the desert there is nothing better than this water.’

گو که ما را غیر این اسباب نیست ** در مفازه هیچ به زین آب نیست‌‌

If his treasury is full of splendid merchandise, (yet) he will have no water like this: ’tis rare.”

گر خزینه‌‌ش پر متاع فاخر است ** این چنین آبش نباشد نادر است‌‌

What is that jug? Our confined body: within it is the briny water of our senses.

چیست آن کوزه تن محصور ما ** اندر او آب حواس شور ما

O Lord, accept this jar and jug of mine by the grace of “God hath purchased (from the believers their lives and wealth in return for Paradise).”

ای خداوند این خم و کوزه‌‌ی مرا ** در پذیر از فضل الله اشتری‌‌

(’Tis) a jug with five spouts, the five senses: keep this water pure (and safe) from every filth, 2710

کوزه‌‌ای با پنج لوله‌‌ی پنج حس ** پاک دار این آب را از هر نجس‌‌

That there may be from this jug a passage to the sea, and that my jug may assume the nature of the sea,

تا شود زین کوزه منفذ سوی بحر ** تا بگیرد کوزه‌‌ی من خوی بحر

So that when you carry it as a gift to the King, the King may find it pure and be its purchaser;

تا چو هدیه پیش سلطانش بری ** پاک بیند باشدش شه مشتری‌‌