Rumi's Masnavi - That hearkening unto my lesser and greater (matters), (and unto) the beguilements of my evil-thinking (suspicious) soul.

That hearkening unto my lesser and greater (matters), (and unto) the beguilements of my evil-thinking (suspicious) soul. 4700

آن بنوشیدن کم و بیش مرا ** عشوه‌ی جان بداندیش مرا

Then my false coins, which are well-known to thee, thou didst accept as (though they were) genuine money;

قلبهای من که آن معلوم تست ** بس پذیرفتی تو چون نقد درست

For the sake of the boldness (importunity) of one (who was) impudent and deluded, O thou beside whose clemency (all) clemencies are (but) a mote!

بهر گستاخی شوخ غره‌ای ** حلمها در پیش حلمت ذره‌ای

Firstly, hear that when I abandoned (thy) net the first and the last {this world and the next) shot away (disappeared) from before me;

اولا بشنو که چون ماندم ز شست ** اول و آخر ز پیش من بجست

Secondly, hear, O loving Prince, that I sought long, (but) there was no second to thee;

ثانیا بشنو تو ای صدر ودود ** که بسی جستم ترا ثانی نبود

Thirdly, since I have gone away from thee, ‘tis as though I have said, ‘the third of three’; 4705

ثالثا تا از تو بیرون رفته‌ام ** گوییا ثالث ثلاثه گفته‌ام

Fourthly, forasmuch as my cornfield is burnt-up, I do not know the fifth (finger) from the fourth.

رابعا چون سوخت ما را مزرعه ** می ندانم خامسه از رابعه

Wherever thou findest blood on the sods, (if) thou investigate, it will certainly (prove to) be (blood) from mine eye.

هر کجا یابی تو خون بر خاکها ** پی بری باشد یقین از چشم ما

My words are (as) the thunder, and this noise and moaning demands of the cloud that it should rain upon the earth.

گفت من رعدست و این بانگ و حنین ** ز ابر خواهد تا ببارد بر زمین

Between words and tears I continue (in doubt) whether I should weep or speak: hew shall I do?

من میان گفت و گریه می‌تنم ** یا بگریم یا بگویم چون کنم