Rumi's Masnavi - And give thee a place within their souls, that they may fill thee with wine, like a cup.

And give thee a place within their souls, that they may fill thee with wine, like a cup.

ز آن میان جان ترا جا می‏کنند ** تا ترا پر باده چون جامی کنند

Take thy abode within their souls: O radiant full-moon, make thy home in the sky!

در میان جان ایشان خانه گیر ** در فلک خانه کن ای بدر منیر

Like Mercury, they will open the book of the heart, that they may reveal mysteries unto thee.

چون عطارد دفتر دل واکنند ** تا که بر تو سرها پیدا کنند

Stay beside thy kinsfolk––how art thou roaming abroad? Cleave to the perfect Moon if thou art a piece of the moon. 2580

پیش خویشان باش چون آواره‏ای ** بر مه کامل زن ار مه پاره‏ای‏

What is the (cause of the) part’s keeping aloof from its whole? What is (the cause of) all this mixture with (that which is) diverse?

جزو را از کل خود پرهیز چیست ** با مخالف این همه آمیز چیست‏

Behold how the genus hath become species in the process (of differentiation): behold how the unseen things have become visible in (their) escape (from occultation).

جنس را بین نوع گشته در روش ** غیبها بین گشته عین از پرتوش‏

So long as thou wouldst fain be wheedled like a woman, O man without wisdom, (thou wilt remain imperfect): how wilt thou be helped by lies and wheedling?

تا چون زن عشوه خری ای بی‏خرد ** از دروغ و عشوه کی یابی مدد

Thou art taking flattery and sweet words and cajolement and putting them, like a woman, in thy bosom.

چاپلوس و لفظ شیرین و فریب ** می‏ستانی می‏نهی چون زر به جیب‏

For thee the revilings and blows of the (spiritual) kings would be better than the praise of the unrighteous. 2585

مر ترا دشنام و سیلی شهان ** بهتر آید از ثنای گمرهان‏

Swallow the slaps of the (spiritual) kings, do not swallow the honey of the rabble, to the end that through the fortune of (those) personages thou mayst (thyself) become a personage;

صفع شاهان خور مخور شهد خسان ** تا کسی گردی ز اقبال کسان‏