Rumi's Masnavi - A revelation came to Moses from God—“Thou hast parted My servant from Me.

A revelation came to Moses from God—“Thou hast parted My servant from Me. 1750

وحی آمد سوی موسی از خدا ** بنده‏ی ما را ز ما کردی جدا

Didst thou come (as a prophet) to unite, or didst thou come to sever?

تو برای وصل کردن آمدی ** نی برای فصل کردن آمدی‏

So far as thou canst, do not set foot in separation: of (all) things the most hateful to Me is divorce.

تا توانی پا منه اندر فراق ** أبغض الأشیاء عندی الطلاق‏

I have bestowed on every one a (special) way of acting: I have given to every one a (peculiar) form of expression.

هر کسی را سیرتی بنهاده‏ام ** هر کسی را اصطلاحی داده‏ام‏

In regard to him it is (worthy of) praise, and in regard to thee it is (worthy of) blame: in regard to him honey, and in regard to thee poison.

در حق او مدح و در حق تو ذم ** در حق او شهد و در حق تو سم‏

I am independent of all purity and impurity, of all slothfulness and alacrity (in worshipping Me). 1755

ما بری از پاک و ناپاکی همه ** از گران جانی و چالاکی همه‏

I did not ordain (Divine worship) that I might make any profit; nay, but that I might do a kindness to (My) servants.

من نکردم امر تا سودی کنم ** بلکه تا بر بندگان جودی کنم‏

In the Hindoos the idiom of Hind (India) is praiseworthy; in the Sindians the idiom of Sind is praiseworthy.

هندوان را اصطلاح هند مدح ** سندیان را اصطلاح سند مدح‏

I am not sanctified by their glorification (of Me); ’tis they that become sanctified and pearl-scattering (pure and radiant).

من نگردم پاک از تسبیحشان ** پاک هم ایشان شوند و در فشان‏

I look not at the tongue and the speech; I look at the spirit and the state (of feeling).

ما زبان را ننگریم و قال را ** ما روان را بنگریم و حال را