Rumi's Masnavi - This discourse hath no end. Mustafá offered the Faith, and the youth accepted

This discourse hath no end. Mustafá offered the Faith, and the youth accepted

این سخن پایان ندارد مصطفی ** عرضه کرد ایمان و پذرفت آن فتی

That Testimony which hath ever been blessed and hath ever loosed the fastbound chains.

آن شهادت را که فرخ بوده است ** بندهای بسته را بگشوده است

He became a true believer. Mustafá said to him, “Be my guest to-night also.”

گشت مؤمن گفت او را مصطفی ** که امشبان هم باش تو مهمان ما

“By God,” said he, “I am thy guest unto everlasting. Wheresoever I be, to whatsoever place I go,

گفت والله تا ابد ضیف توم ** هر کجا باشم بهر جا که روم

I am made living by thee and liberated by thee, and am thy doorkeeper (eating) at thy table in this world and in the next. 265

زنده کرده و معتق و دربان تو ** این جهان و آن جهان بر خوان تو

Whosoever chooses any but this choice table, in the end his gullet will be torn by the bone (of perdition).

هر که بگزیند جزین بگزیده خوان ** عاقبت درد گلویش ز استخوان

Whosoever goes to the table of any but thee, know that the Devil shares his cup.

هر که سوی خوان غیر تو رود ** دیو با او دان که هم‌کاسه بود

Whosoever departs from thy neighbourhood, without any doubt the Devil will become his neighbour;

هر که از همسایگی تو رود ** دیو بی‌شکی که همسایه‌ش شود

And if without thee he go on a far journey, the wicked Devil is his fellow-traveller and table-companion;

ور رود بی‌تو سفر او دوردست ** دیو بد همراه و هم‌سفره‌ی ویست

And if he mount a noble horse, (since) he is envious of the Moon, the Devil sits behind him; 270

ور نشیند بر سر اسپ شریف ** حاسد ماهست دیو او را ردیف