Rumi's Masnavi - To the end that thou mayst become able, O Soul, to receive the Light, and that thou mayst behold without veils that which (now) is hidden,

To the end that thou mayst become able, O Soul, to receive the Light, and that thou mayst behold without veils that which (now) is hidden,

تا پذیرا گردی ای جان نور را ** تا ببینی بی‌حجب مستور را

And traverse the sky like a star; nay, (that thou mayst) journey unconditioned, without (any) sky.

چون ستاره سیر بر گردون کنی ** بلک بی گردون سفر بی‌چون کنی

(’Twas) thus thou camest into being from non-existence. Say now, how didst thou come? Thou camest drunken (unconscious).

آنچنان کز نیست در هست آمدی ** هین بگو چون آمدی مست آمدی

The ways of thy coming are not remembered by thee, but we will recite to thee a hint (thereof). 1290

راههای آمدن یادت نماند ** لیک رمزی بر تو بر خواهیم خواند

Let thy mind go, and then be mindful! Close thine ear, and then listen!

هوش را بگذار وانگه هوش‌دار ** گوش را بر بند وانگه گوش دار

Nay, I will not tell (it), because thou still art unripe: thou art in (thy) springtime, thou hast not seen (the month of) Tamúz.

نه نگویم زانک خامی تو هنوز ** در بهاری تو ندیدستی تموز

This world is even as the tree, O noble ones: we are like the half-ripened fruit upon it.

این جهان همچون درختست ای کرام ** ما برو چون میوه‌های نیم‌خام

The unripe (fruits) cling fast to the bough, because during (their) immaturity they are not meet for the palace.

سخت گیرد خامها مر شاخ را ** زانک در خامی نشاید کاخ را

When they have ripened and have become sweet—after that, biting their lips, they take (but) a feeble hold of the boughs. 1295

چون بپخت و گشت شیرین لب‌گزان ** سست گیرد شاخها را بعد از آن

When the mouth has been sweetened by that felicity, the kingdom of the world becomes cold (unpleasing) to Man.

چون از آن اقبال شیرین شد دهان ** سرد شد بر آدمی ملک جهان