Rumi's Masnavi - (At) one step, (he moves) like the rook (straight) from top to bottom (of the chessboard); (at) one step he goes crossways, like the bishop;

(At) one step, (he moves) like the rook (straight) from top to bottom (of the chessboard); (at) one step he goes crossways, like the bishop; 1780

یک قدم چون رخ ز بالا تا نشیب ** یک قدم چون پیل رفته بر وریب‏

Now lifting his crest like a wave; now going on his belly like a fish;

گاه چون موجی بر افرازان علم ** گاه چون ماهی روانه بر شکم‏

Now writing (a description of) his state on some dust, like a geomancer who takes an omen by drawing lines (on earth or sand).

گاه بر خاکی نبشته حال خود ** همچو رمالی که رملی بر زند

At last he (Moses) overtook and beheld him; the giver of glad news said, “Permission has come (from God).

عاقبت دریافت او را و بدید ** گفت مژده ده که دستوری رسید

Do not seek any rules or method (of worship); say whatsoever your distressful heart desires.

هیچ آدابی و ترتیبی مجو ** هر چه می‏خواهد دل تنگت بگو

Your blasphemy is (the true) religion, and your religion is the light of the spirit: you are saved, and through you a (whole) world is in salvation. 1785

کفر تو دین است و دینت نور جان ** ایمنی و ز تو جهانی در امان‏

O you who are made secure by God doeth whatso He willeth, go, loose your tongue without regard (for what you say).”

ای معاف یفعل الله ما یشاء ** بی‏محابا رو زبان را بر گشا

He said, “O Moses, I have passed beyond that: I am now bathed in (my) heart's blood.

گفت ای موسی از آن بگذشته‏ام ** من کنون در خون دل آغشته‏ام‏

I have passed beyond the Lote-tree of the farthest bourn, I have gone a hundred thousand years' journey on the other side.

من ز سدره‏ی منتهی بگذشته‏ام ** صد هزاران ساله ز آن سو رفته‏ام‏

Thou didst ply the lash, and my horse shied, made a bound, and passed beyond the sky.

تازیانه بر زدی اسبم بگشت ** گنبدی کرد و ز گردون بر گذشت‏