Rumi's Masnavi - He said, “Moses met me on the way, (according to the adage) ‘the cat sees a fat sheep's tail in her dreams.’

He said, “Moses met me on the way, (according to the adage) ‘the cat sees a fat sheep's tail in her dreams.’

گفت در ره موسی‌ام آمد به پیش ** گربه بیند دنبه اندر خواب خویش

I followed Moses to Mt Sinai: in the Light (of the Divine Epiphany) all three of us vanished.

در پی موسی شدم تا کوه طور ** هر سه‌مان گشتیم ناپیدا ز نور

All (our) three shadows disappeared in the Sun; after that, there came from the Light an opening of the door (revelation). 2430

هر سه سایه محو شد زان آفتاب ** بعد از آن زان نور شد یک فتح باب

From the heart of that Light another Light sprang up, and then the second (Light) quickly sought to transcend it.

نور دیگر از دل آن نور رست ** پس ترقی جست آن ثانیش چست

Both I and Moses and also Mt Sinai, we were lost, all three, in that effulgence of the (second) Light.

هم من و هم موسی و هم کوه طور ** هر سه گم گشتیم زان اشراق نور

After that, I saw the mountain break into three pieces when the Light of God surged upon it.

بعد از آن دیدم که که سه شاخ شد ** چونک نور حق درو نفاخ شد

When the Attribute of Majesty was revealed to it, it burst asunder in every direction.

وصف هیبت چون تجلی زد برو ** می‌سکست از هم همی‌شد سو به سو

One piece of the mountain fell towards the sea, and the water bitter as poison was made sweet. 2435

آن یکی شاخ که آمد سوی یم ** گشت شیرین آب تلخ هم‌چو سم

One piece thereof sank into the earth, and a medicinal spring of running water gushed forth,

آن یکی شاخش فرو شد در زمین ** چشمه‌ی دارو برون آمد معین

So that its water became a cure for all the sick by the blessedness of the goodly revelation.

که شفای جمله رنجوران شد آب ** از همایونی وحی مستطاب