Rumi's Masnavi - When some one has forced his way in against his (the householder's) will and planted a thornbush in his property and house,

When some one has forced his way in against his (the householder's) will and planted a thornbush in his property and house,

چون کسی بی‌خواست او بر وی براند ** خاربن در ملک و خانه‌ی او نشاند

The master of the house is humiliated because such a shabbiness (abasement) is inflicted on him.

صاحب خانه بدین خواری بود ** که چنین بر وی خلاقت می‌رود

I too, though I am fresh and new, would become shabby (abased) through being associated with such a contemptible person.

هم خلق گردم من ار تازه و نوم ** چونک یار این چنین خواری شوم

Since the will of the carnal soul is besought for help, ’tis mockery (to say) that whatever God wills shall come to pass.

چونک خواه نفس آمد مستعان ** تسخر آمد ایش شاء الله کان

(Even) if I am a disgrace to the Magians or am an infidel, I am not such (a miscreant) as to think this of God, 2930

من اگر ننگ مغان یا کافرم ** آن نیم که بر خدا این ظن برم

That any one should seek to exercise authority in His kingdom against His will and in spite of Him,

که کسی ناخواه او و رغم او ** گردد اندر ملکت او حکم جو

And thus should occupy His kingdom, so that the Creator of the breath dare not breathe a word (in opposition),

ملکت او را فرو گیرد چنین ** که نیارد دم زدن دم آفرین

(And that though) He wishes to repel him and must needs (do so), (yet) the Devil at every moment is increasing His anxiety.

دفع او می‌خواهد و می‌بایدش ** دیو هر دم غصه می‌افزایدش

(On this hypothesis) I must worship the Devil, inasmuch as he is predominant in every assembly,

بنده‌ی این دیو می‌باید شدن ** چونک غالب اوست در هر انجمن

Lest the Devil take vengeance on me—and then in that case how can the Gracious (God) lend me a (helping) hand? 2935

تا مبادا کین کشد شیطان ز من ** پس چه دستم گیرد آنجا ذوالمنن