Rumi's Masnavi - I desire such ruins to speak with as answer back, like the mountain, by an echo,

I desire such ruins to speak with as answer back, like the mountain, by an echo,

من چنان اطلال خواهم در خطاب ** کز صدا چون کوه واگوید جواب

So that I may hear Thy name redoubled, (for) I am in love with Thy soul-soothing name. 1350

تا مثنا بشنوم من نام تو ** عاشقم برنام جان آرام تو

That is why every prophet holds the mountains dear: (’tis) that he may hear Thy name redoubled.

هرنبی زان دوست دارد کوه را ** تا مثنا بشنود نام ترا

That low mountain, resembling stony ground, is suitable for a mouse, not for us, as a resting-place.

آن که پست مثال سنگ لاخ ** موش را شاید نه ما را در مناخ

(When) I speak, it does not join with me: the breath of my speech remains without (any) echo.

من بگویم او نگردد یار من ** بی صدا ماند دم گفتار من

’Tis better that thou level it with the earth; it is not in accord with thy breath (voice): thou shouldst join it with thy foot.”

با زمین آن به که هموارش کنی ** نیست همدم با قدم یارش کنی

He (God) said, “O Noah, if thou desire, I will assemble them all and raise them from (their graves in) the earth. 1355

گفت ای نوح ار تو خواهی جمله را ** حشر گردانم بر آرم از ثری

I will not break thy heart for the sake of a Canaan, but I am acquainting (thee) with (their real) states.”

بهر کنعانی دل تو نشکنم ** لیکت از احوال آگه می‌کنم

He (Noah) said, “Nay, nay, I am content that Thou shouldst drown me too, if it behove Thee (to do so).

گفت نه نه راضیم که تو مرا ** هم کنی غرقه اگر باید ترا

Keep drowning me every instant, I am pleased: Thy ordinance is my (very) soul, I bear it (with me) as my soul.

هر زمانم غرقه می‌کن من خوشم ** حکم تو جانست چون جان می‌کشم