Rumi's Masnavi - And said, “Good tidings, O king! Thy prayers are granted. If to-morrow a stranger come for thee, he is from me.

And said, “Good tidings, O king! Thy prayers are granted. If to-morrow a stranger come for thee, he is from me.

گفت ای شه مژده حاجاتت رواست ** گر غریبی آیدت فردا ز ماست‌‌

When he comes, he is a skilled physician: deem him veracious, for he is trusty and true.

چون که آید او حکیمی حاذق است ** صادقش دان که امین و صادق است‌‌

In his remedy behold absolute magic, in his temperament behold the might of God!” 65

در علاجش سحر مطلق را ببین ** در مزاجش قدرت حق را ببین‌‌

When the promised hour arrived and day broke and the sun, (rising) from the east, began to burn the stars,

چون رسید آن وعده‌‌گاه و روز شد ** آفتاب از شرق، اختر سوز شد

The king was in the belvedere, expecting to see that which had been shown mysteriously.

بود اندر منظره شه منتظر ** تا ببیند آن چه بنمودند سر

He saw a person excellent and worshipful, a sun amidst a shadow,

دید شخصی فاضلی پر مایه‌‌ای ** آفتابی در میان سایه‌‌ای‌‌

Coming from afar, like the new moon (in slenderness and radiance): he was nonexistent, though existent in the form of phantasy.

می‌‌رسید از دور مانند هلال ** نیست بود و هست بر شکل خیال‌‌

In the spirit phantasy is as naught, (yet) behold a world (turning) on a phantasy! 70

نیست وش باشد خیال اندر روان ** تو جهانی بر خیالی بین روان‌‌

Their peace and their war (turn) on a phantasy, and their pride and their shame spring from a phantasy;

بر خیالی صلح‌‌شان و جنگشان ** وز خیالی فخرشان و ننگشان‌‌

(But) those phantasies which ensnare the saints are the reflexion of the fair ones of the garden of God.

آن خیالاتی که دام اولیاست ** عکس مه رویان بستان خداست‌‌