Rumi's Masnavi - Observed that water was trickling from his hands and face, (and that) his garment was wet with the traces of ablution;

Observed that water was trickling from his hands and face, (and that) his garment was wet with the traces of ablution;

دید کابش می‏چکید از دست و رو ** جامه‏اش تر بود از آثار وضو

So he asked him, “Whence hast thou water?” He lifted his hand, (indicating) that it came from heaven.

پس بپرسیدش که آبت از کجاست ** دست را برداشت کز سوی شماست‏

He (the pilgrim) said, “Does it come whenever thou wilt, without (any) well and without (any) rope of palm-fibre?

گفت هر گاهی که خواهی می‏رسد ** بی‏ز جاه و بی‏ز حبل من مسد

Solve our difficulty, O Sultan of the Religion, in order that thy (spiritual) experience may give us certain faith. 3800

مشکل ما حل کن ای سلطان دین ** تا ببخشد حال تو ما را یقین‏

Reveal to us one of thy mysteries, that we may cut from our waists the cords (of infidelity).”

وانما سری ز اسرارت به ما ** تا ببریم از میان زنارها

He (the ascetic) opened his eyes towards heaven, saying, “(O God), answer the prayer of the pilgrims!

چشم را بگشود سوی آسمان ** که اجابت کن دعای حاجیان‏

I am accustomed to seeking daily bread from above: Thou hast opened to me the door from above,

رزق جویی را ز بالا خو گرم ** تو ز بالا بر گشودستی درم‏

O Thou who from non-spatiality hast brought space into view, and hast made manifest (the fact that) in heaven is your daily bread.”

ای نموده تو مکان از لامکان ** فی السماء رزقکم کرده عیان‏

In the midst of this orison a fair cloud suddenly appeared, like a water bearing elephant, 3805

در میان این مناجات ابر خوش ** زود پیدا شد چو پیل آب کش‏

And began to pour down rain, like water from a water-skin: the rain-water settled in the ditch and in the hollows.

همچو آب از مشک باریدن گرفت ** در گو و در غارها مسکن گرفت‏