Rumi's Masnavi - He answered, “I.” The friend said, “Begone, ’tis not the time (for thee to come in): at a table like this there is no place for the raw.”

He answered, “I.” The friend said, “Begone, ’tis not the time (for thee to come in): at a table like this there is no place for the raw.”

گفت من، گفتش برو هنگام نیست ** بر چنین خوانی مقام خام نیست‌‌

Save the fire of absence and separation, who (what) will cook the raw one? Who (what) will deliver him from hypocrisy?

خام را جز آتش هجر و فراق ** کی پزد کی وا رهاند از نفاق‌‌

The wretched man went away, and for a year in travel (and) in separation from his friend he was burned with sparks of fire.

رفت آن مسکین و سالی در سفر ** در فراق دوست سوزید از شرر

That burned one was cooked: then he returned and again paced to and fro beside the house of his comrade. 3060

پخته گشت آن سوخته پس باز گشت ** باز گرد خانه‌‌ی همباز گشت‌‌

He knocked at the door with a hundred fears and respects, lest any disrespectful word might escape from his lips.

حلقه زد بر در به صد ترس و ادب ** تا بنجهد بی‌‌ادب لفظی ز لب‌‌

His friend called to him, “Who is at the door?” He answered, “’Tis thou art at the door, O charmer of hearts.”

بانگ زد یارش که بر در کیست آن ** گفت بر درهم تویی ای دلستان‌‌

“Now,” said the friend, “since thou art I, come in, O myself: there is not room in the house for two I's.

گفت اکنون چون منی ای من در آ ** نیست گنجایی دو من را در سرا

The double end of thread is not for the needle: inasmuch as thou art single, come into this needle.”

نیست سوزن را سر رشته دو تا ** چون که یکتایی درین سوزن در آ

’Tis the thread that is connected with the needle: the eye of the needle is not suitable for the camel. 3065

رشته را با سوزن آمد ارتباط ** نیست در خور با جمل سم الخیاط

How should the existence (body) of the camel be fined down save by the shears of ascetic exercises and works?

کی شود باریک هستی جمل ** جز به مقراض ریاضات و عمل‌‌