Rumi's Masnavi - To kindle the fire of iniquity and corruption; to burn the mosque and those who bend low in prayer;

To kindle the fire of iniquity and corruption; to burn the mosque and those who bend low in prayer;

آتش ظلم و فساد افروختن ** مسجد و سجده کنان را سوختن‏

To set boiling the source of bloody tears for the sake of (receiving) humble entreaties (from the suffering and oppressed)— 1820

مایه‏ی خونابه و زردآبه را ** جوش دادن از برای لابه را

I know for certain that it is the essence of wisdom (on Thy part), but my aim is (to know this by) actual seeing and vision.

من یقین دانم که عین حکمت است ** لیک مقصودم عیان و رویت است‏

That certainty (of mine) says to me, ‘keep silence’; the craving for vision says to me, ‘Make a stir (and outcry).’

آن یقین می‏گویدم خاموش کن ** حرص رویت گویدم نه جوش کن‏

Thou hast shown Thy secret to the angels, (namely) that such honey as this is worth the sting.

مر ملایک را نمودی سر خویش ** کاین چنین نوشی همی‏ارزد به نیش‏

Thou hast displayed the Light of Adam manifestly to the angels, (so that all) the difficulties were explained.

عرضه کردی نور آدم را عیان ** بر ملایک گشت مشکلها بیان‏

Thy Resurrection declares what is the secret of death: the fruits declare what is the secret of the leaves.” 1825

حشر تو گوید که سر مرگ چیست ** میوه‏ها گویند سر برگ چیست‏

The secret of blood and seed is the excellence of Man; after all, inferiority is antecedent to every superiority.

سر خون و نطفه حسن آدمی است ** سابق هر بیشیی آخر کمی است‏

The ignorant (child) first washes the tablet, then he writes the letters upon it.

لوح را اول بشوید بی‏وقوف ** آن گهی بروی نویسد او حروف‏

(So) He (God) turns the heart into blood and abject tears, then He writes the (spiritual) mysteries upon it.

خون کند دل را و اشک مستهان ** بر نویسد بر وی اسرار آن گهان‏