Rumi's Masnavi - That by contact with me thou mayst see thyself (and know) that thou art not worthy of my higher and lower (degrees of spirituality).”

That by contact with me thou mayst see thyself (and know) that thou art not worthy of my higher and lower (degrees of spirituality).” 2305

تا ببینی خویش را ز آسیب من ** که نه‌ای اهل فراز و شیب من

If a saw make Reason (to be severed into) two halves, it (Reason) will be smiling like gold in the fire.

عقل را گر اره‌ای سازد دو نیم ** هم‌چو زر باشد در آتش او بسیم

Imagination belongs to Pharaoh, the world-incendiary; Reason to Moses, the spirit-enkindler.

وهم مر فرعون عالم‌سوز را ** عقل مر موسی به جان افروز را

Moses went on the way of non-existence (self-negation): Pharaoh said to him, “Tell (me), who art thou?”

رفت موسی بر طریق نیستی ** گفت فرعونش بگو تو کیستی

He said, “I am Reason, the messenger of the Almighty: I am the proof of God, I am the protection against error.”

گفت من عقلم رسول ذوالجلال ** حجةالله‌ام امانم از ضلال

“Nay,” said he, “hush, cease from (this ecstatic) outcry: tell (me) thy ancient lineage and name.” 2310

گفت نی خامش رها کن های هو ** نسبت و نام قدیمت را بگو

“My lineage,” he said, “(is derived) from His dust-pit; my original name is ‘the meanest of His slaves.’

گفت که نسبت مر از خاکدانش ** نام اصلم کمترین بندگانش

I am the slave-born (slave) of that unique Lord—born of the (womb and) loins of slaves female and male.

بنده‌زاده‌ی آن خداوند وحید ** زاده از پشت جواری و عبید

My original lineage (is derived) from earth and water and clay: God gave unto water and clay a soul and heart.

نسبت اصلم ز خاک و آب و گل ** آب و گل را داد یزدان جان و دل

To earth also will return this earthen body of mine; to earth thou likewise wilt return, O terrible one.

مرجع این جسم خاکم هم به خاک ** مرجع تو هم به خاک ای سهمناک