Rumi's Masnavi - The wings of that bird whose note thrills (them that can hear it) are beyond East and West.

The wings of that bird whose note thrills (them that can hear it) are beyond East and West. 3760

پر آن مرغی که بانگش مطرب است ** از برون مشرق است و مغرب است‏

Its every course is from the Footstool of God to the earth, and from the earth to the Throne of God it moves in glory and majesty.

هر یک آهنگش ز کرسی تاثری است ** وز ثری تا عرش در کر و فری است‏

The bird that goes without this Solomon is in love with darkness, like a bat.

مرغ کاو بی‏این سلیمان می‏رود ** عاشق ظلمت چو خفاشی بود

Make thyself familiar with Solomon, O reprobate bat, in order that thou mayst not remain in darkness for ever.

با سلیمان خو کن ای خفاش رد ** تا که در ظلمت نمانی تا ابد

When thou goest one ell's length in that direction, like the ell thou wilt become the standard of measurement;

یک گزی ره که بدان سو می‏روی ** همچو گز قطب مساحت می‏شوی‏

And (even by) thy hopping lamely and limply in that direction, thou wilt be freed from all lameness and limpness. 3765

و انکه لنگ و لوک آن سو می‏جهی ** از همه لنگی و لوکی می‏رهی‏

The story of the ducklings which were fostered by a domestic fowl.

قصه‏ی بط بچگان که مرغ خانگی پروردشان‏

Thou art the offspring of a duck, though a domestic fowl has fostered thee as a nurse beneath her wing.

تخم بطی گر چه مرغ خانه‏ات ** کرد زیر پر چو دایه تربیت‏

Thy mother was the duck of that Sea; thy nurse was of the earth and devoted to the dry land.

مادر تو بط آن دریا بده‏ست ** دایه‏ات خاکی بد و خشکی پرست‏

The desire which is in thy heart for the Sea—thy soul hath that nature (instinct) from thy mother.

میل دریا که دل تو اندر است ** آن طبیعت جانت را از مادر است‏

The desire thou hast for the dry land is from this nurse. Leave the nurse, for she is an evil counsellor.

میل خشکی مر ترا زین دایه است ** دایه را بگذار کاو بد رایه است‏