Rumi's Masnavi - To thy envier, though it be I, do not give life, (but let me alone) so that I may be suffering the agony of (spiritual) death even as he is.

To thy envier, though it be I, do not give life, (but let me alone) so that I may be suffering the agony of (spiritual) death even as he is.

مر حسودت را اگر چه آن منم ** جان مده تا همچنین جان می‏کنم‏

(I mean) him that is envious of the Sun and him that is fretting at the existence of the Sun.

آن که او باشد حسود آفتاب ** و انکه می‏رنجد ز بود آفتاب‏

Look you, this is the incurable disease which he has, alas; look you, this is one fallen for ever to the bottom of the pit.

اینت درد بی‏دوا کاو راست آه ** اینت افتاده ابد در قعر چاه‏

What he wants is the extinction of the Sun of eternity. Tell (me), how should this desire of his come to pass? 1130

نفی خورشید ازل بایست او ** کی بر آید این مراد او بگو

The falcon (seeker of God) is he that comes back to the King; he that has lost the way is the blind falcon.

باز آن باشد که باز آید به شاه ** باز کور است آن که شد گم کرده راه‏

It lost the way and fell into the wilderness; then in the wilderness it fell amongst owls.

راه را گم کرد و در ویران فتاد ** باز در ویران بر جغدان فتاد

It (the falcon) is wholly light (derived) from the Light of (Divine) approval, but the marshal, Fate, blinded it.

او همه نور است از نور رضا ** لیک کورش کرد سرهنگ قضا

He threw dust in its eyes and took it (far) away from the (right) road; he left it amidst owls and (in) the wilderness.

خاک در چشمش زد و از راه برد ** در میان جغد و ویرانش سپرد

To crown all, the owls attack it and tear its lovely wing-feathers and plumes. 1135

بر سری جغدانش بر سر می‏زنند ** پر و بال نازنینش می‏کنند

A clamour arose amongst the owls—“Ha! the falcon has come to seize our dwelling place.”

ولوله افتاد در جغدان که ها ** باز آمد تا بگیرد جای ما