Rumi's Masnavi - At once Júhí said (to the woman beside him), “O soror, inspice piline in pube mea hujusmodi facti sint. [At once Júhí said (to the woman beside him), “O sister, find out (if) my pubic hair has become (a length) such as this.]

At once Júhí said (to the woman beside him), “O soror, inspice piline in pube mea hujusmodi facti sint. [At once Júhí said (to the woman beside him), “O sister, find out (if) my pubic hair has become (a length) such as this.]

گفت جوحی زود ای خوهر ببین ** عانه‌ی من گشته باشد این چنین

Deo ut placeas, manum affer, (tenta) num illi usque ad modum noxae pervenerint.” [In order to satisfy (the requirement of) God, bring forth (your) hand (to determine) whether it has reached to the disliked amount.”]

بهر خشنودی حق پیش آر دست ** که آن به مقدار کراهت آمدست

Mulier manum in bracas viri demisit: penis ejus impegit manum mulieris. [The woman put (her) hand into the man’s trousers: his penis contacted the woman’s hand.]

دست زن در کرد در شلوار مرد ** کیر او بر دست زن آسیب کرد

Thereupon the woman gave a loud scream: the preacher said, “My discourse has smitten her heart.” 3335

نعره‌ای زد سخت اندر حال زن ** گفت واعظ بر دلش زد گفت من

He (Júhí) answered, “Minime: cor ejus non percussit, manum percussit. O si cor percussisset, vir sapientissime!” [He (Júhí) answered, “No, it did not smite (her) heart; it smote (her) hand. Oh, (what) if it had smitten (her) heart, O very wise (man)!”]

گفت نه بر دل نزد بر دست زد ** وای اگر بر دل زدی ای پر خرد

(When) it (Divine Love) struck a little upon the hearts of the magicians (of Pharaoh), staff and hand became one to them.

بر دل آن ساحران زد اندکی ** شد عصا و دست ایشان را یکی

O king, if you take away the staff from an old man, he will be more grieved than that party (the magicians) were (grieved) by (the amputation of) their hands and feet.

گر عصا بستانی از پیری شها ** بیش رنجد که آن گروه از دست و پا

The cry, “No harm,” reached Heaven: (they said to Pharaoh), “Hark, cut (them) off, for our souls are delivered from the agony.

نعره‌ی لاضیر بر گردون رسید ** هین ببر که جان ز جان کندن رهید

We have come to know (that) we are not this body: beyond the body we are living through God.” 3340

ما بدانستیم ما این تن نه‌ایم ** از ورای تن به یزدان می‌زییم

Oh, blest is he that has recognised his (real) essence and built (for himself) a palace in everlasting security.

ای خنک آن را که ذات خود شناخت ** اندر امن سرمدی قصری بساخت