Rumi's Masnavi - That friend, in sooth, may be the (Divine) Sultan and exalted King, or he may be one accepted of the Sultan and one who intercedes (with Him).

That friend, in sooth, may be the (Divine) Sultan and exalted King, or he may be one accepted of the Sultan and one who intercedes (with Him).

آن مگر سلطان بود شاه رفیع ** یا بود مقبول سلطان و شفیع

You are (now) delivered from the false coiner and (his) hypocrisy and fraud: you have seen his tumour (imposture) plainly before death. 1520

رستی از قلاب و سالوس و دغل ** غر او دیدی عیان پیش از اجل

If you understood (aright) this injustice shown towards you by the people in the world, it is a hidden treasure of gold.

این جفای خلق با تو در جهان ** گر بدانی گنج زر آمد نهان

The people are made to be thus evil-natured towards you, that your face may inevitably be turned Yonder.

خلق را با تو چنین بدخو کنند ** تا ترا ناچار رو آن سو کنند

Know this for sure that in the end all of them will become adversaries and foes and rebels.

این یقین دان که در آخر جمله‌شان ** خصم گردند و عدو و سرکشان

You will be left in the tomb, lamenting and beseeching the One (God), (and crying), “Do not leave me (here) alone!

تو بمانی با فغان اندر لحد ** لا تذرنی فرد خواهان از احد

O Thou whose harshness is better than the troth of the faithful, the honey (kindness) of the faithful is also from Thy bounty.” 1525

ای جفاات به ز عهد وافیان ** هم ز داد تست شهد وافیان

Hearken to your own reason, O possessor of a granary, and commit your wheat to the earth of Allah,

بشنو از عقل خود ای انباردار ** گندم خود را به ارض الله سپار

That it may be safe from thieves and weevils. Kill the Devil with the wood-fretter (of reason) as quickly as possible;

تا شود آمن ز دزد و از شپش ** دیو را با دیوچه زوتر بکش

For he is always frightening you with (the threat of) poverty: make him your prey like a partridge, O valiant hawk.

کو همی ترساندت هم دم ز فقر ** هم‌چو کبکش صید کن ای نره صقر