Rumi's Masnavi - How wilt thou be freed from selfish desires without the cup of Hú (Him), O thou who hast become content with no more of Hú than the name of Hú?

How wilt thou be freed from selfish desires without the cup of Hú (Him), O thou who hast become content with no more of Hú than the name of Hú?

از هواها کی رهی بی‌‌جام هو ** ای ز هو قانع شده با نام هو

From attribute and name what comes to birth? Phantasy; and that phantasy shows the way to union with Him.

از صفت و ز نام چه زاید خیال ** و آن خیالش هست دلال وصال‌‌

Hast thou ever seen a subject that shows without (the existence of) an object that is shown: unless there is the road, there can never be the ghoul (which entices travelers to stray from the road). 3455

دیده‌‌ای دلال بی‌‌مدلول هیچ ** تا نباشد جاده نبود غول هیچ‌‌

Hast thou ever seen a name without the reality (denoted by the name)? Or hast thou plucked a rose (gul) from the (letters) gáf and lám of (the word) gul?

هیچ نامی بی‌‌حقیقت دیده‌‌ای ** یا ز گاف و لام گل گل چیده‌‌ای‌‌

Thou hast pronounced the name: go, seek the thing named. Know that the moon is on high, not in the water of the stream.

اسم خواندی رو مسمی را بجو ** مه به بالا دان نه اندر آب جو

If thou wouldst pass beyond name and letter, oh, make thyself wholly purged of self.

گر ز نام و حرف خواهی بگذری ** پاک کن خود را ز خود هین یک سری‌‌

Like (polished) iron, lose the ferruginous colour; become in thy ascetic discipline (like) a mirror without rust.

همچو آهن ز آهنی بی‌‌رنگ شو ** در ریاضت آینه‌‌ی بی‌‌زنگ شو

Make thyself pure from the attributes of self, that thou mayst behold thine own pure untarnished essence, 3460

خویش را صافی کن از اوصاف خود ** تا ببینی ذات پاک صاف خود

And behold within thy heart (all) the sciences of the prophets, without book and without preceptor and master.

بینی اندر دل علوم انبیا ** بی‌‌کتاب و بی‌‌معید و اوستا

The Prophet said, “Amongst my people are some who are one with me in nature and aspiration:

گفت پیغمبر که هست از امتم ** کاو بود هم گوهر و هم همتم‌‌