Rumi's Masnavi - All the five senses are moving and trailing their skirts (sweeping along) in whatever direction the heart indicates to them.

All the five senses are moving and trailing their skirts (sweeping along) in whatever direction the heart indicates to them.

هر طرف که دل اشارت کردشان ** می‌‌رود هر پنج حس دامن کشان‌‌

Hand and foot are plainly under command of the heart, like the staff in the hand of Moses.

دست و پا در امر دل اندر ملا ** همچو اندر دست موسی آن عصا

If the heart will, at once the foot begins to dance, or flees from defect towards increase.

دل بخواهد پا در آید زو به رقص ** یا گریزد سوی افزونی ز نقص‌‌

If the heart will, the hand comes to terms with the fingers to write a book. 3570

دل بخواهد دست آید در حساب ** با اصابع تا نویسد او کتاب‌‌

The hand remains in (the grasp of) a hidden hand: it (the hidden hand) within has set the body outside (as its instrument).

دست در دست نهانی مانده است ** او درون تن را برون بنشانده است‌‌

If it (the hidden hand) will, it (the external hand) becomes a snake to the enemy; and if it will, it becomes a helper to the friend;

گر بخواهد بر عدو ماری شود ** ور بخواهد بر ولی یاری شود

And if it will, a spoon in food; and if it will, a mace weighing ten maunds.

ور بخواهد کفچه‌‌ای در خوردنی ** ور بخواهد همچو گرز ده منی‌‌

I wonder what the heart is saying to them (the members of the body). ’Tis a marvelous connexion, a marvellous hidden link.

دل چه می‌‌گوید بدیشان ای عجب ** طرفه وصلت طرفه پنهانی سبب‌‌

Surely the heart has gotten the seal of Solomon, so that it has pulled the reins of (exerted control over) the five senses. 3575

دل مگر مهر سلیمان یافته ست ** که مهار پنج حس بر تافته ست‌‌

Five external senses are easy for it to manage, five internal senses (faculties) are under its command.

پنج حسی از برون میسور او ** پنج حسی از درون مأمور او