Rumi's Masnavi - This (preceding part) of the discourse hath been spoken suitably to the intelligence of the vulgar; the remainder thereof hath been concealed.

This (preceding part) of the discourse hath been spoken suitably to the intelligence of the vulgar; the remainder thereof hath been concealed.

درخور عقل عوام این گفته شد ** از سخن باقی آن بنهفته شد

The gold, (which is) thy intelligence, is in fragments, O suspected one: how should I set the stamp of the die upon clippings?

زر عقلت ریزه است ای متهم ** بر قراضه مهر سکه چون نهم

Thy intelligence is distributed over a hundred important affairs, over thousands of desires and great matters and small.

عقل تو قسمت شده بر صد مهم ** بر هزاران آرزو و طم و رم

Thou must unite the (scattered) parts by means of love, to the end that thou mayst become sweet as Samarcand and Damascus.

جمع باید کرد اجزا را به عشق ** تا شوی خوش چون سمرقند و دمشق

When thou becomest united, grain by grain, from (after thy dispersion in) perplexity, then it is possible to stamp upon thee the King's die; 3290

جو جوی چون جمع گردی ز اشتباه ** پس توان زد بر تو سکه‌ی پادشاه

And if thou, foolish man, become greater than a mithqál (dinar), the King will make of thee a cup of gold.

ور ز مثقالی شوی افزون تو خام ** از تو سازد شه یکی زرینه جام

Then thereon will be both the name and the titles of the King and also his effigy, O thou that cravest to attain,

پس برو هم نام و هم القاب شاه ** باشد و هم صورتش ای وصل خواه

So that the Beloved will be to thee both bread and water and lamp and minion and dessert and wine.

تا که معشوقت بود هم نان هم آب ** هم چراغ و شاهد و نقل شراب

Unite thyself—union is (a Divine) mercy—that I may be able to speak unto thee that which is;

جمع کن خود را جماعت رحمتست ** تا توانم با تو گفتن آنچ هست

For speaking is for the purpose of (producing) belief: the spirit of polytheism is quit (devoid) of belief in God. 3295

زانک گفتن از برای باوریست ** جان شرک از باوری حق بریست