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

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

If I speak, the weeping will be lost; and if I weep, how shall I render thanks and praise? 4710

گر بگویم فوت می‌گردد بکا ** ور نگویم چون کنم شکر و ثنا

Heart’s blood is falling from mine eye, O King: see what has befallen me from mine eye!”

می‌فتد از دیده خون دل شها ** بین چه افتادست از دیده مرا

The emaciated man said this and began to weep (so violently) that both base and noble wept for him.

این بگفت و گریه در شد آن نحیف ** که برو بگریست هم دون هم شریف