Rumi's Masnavi - And said to me, ‘That one (the Jew) has sped to Sinai with him (Moses) to whom God spake, and has played the game of love (with God);

And said to me, ‘That one (the Jew) has sped to Sinai with him (Moses) to whom God spake, and has played the game of love (with God);

پس مرا گفت آن یکی بر طور تاخت ** با کلیم حق و نرد عشق باخت

And the other (the Christian) has been carried by Jesus, the Lord of happy star, to the zenith of the Fourth Heaven.

وان دگر را عیسی صاحب‌قران ** برد بر اوج چهارم آسمان

Arise, O thou who hast been left behind and hast suffered injury, at least eat up the sweetmeat and comfit!

خیز ای پس مانده‌ی دیده ضرر ** باری آن حلوا و یخنی را بخور

Those (two) talented and accomplished men have pushed forward and have read the book of fortune and honour. 2490

آن هنرمندان پر فن راندند ** نامه‌ی اقبال و منصب خواندند

Those two eminent men have attained to their (proper) eminence and because of their talents have mingled with the angels.

آن دو فاضل فضل خود در یافتند ** با ملایک از هنر در بافتند

Hark, O foolish simpleton who hast been left behind, jump up and seat thyself beside the bowl of halwá!’”

ای سلیم گول واپس مانده هین ** بر جه و بر کاسه‌ی حلوا نشین

Thereupon they said to him, “Then, you greedy fellow, have you made a meal of the halwá and khabís? Oh, (what) an astonishing thing!”

پس بگفتندش که آنگه تو حریص ** ای عجیب خوردی ز حلوا و خبیص

He replied, “When that sovereign who is obeyed (by all) gave the order, who was I that I should resist it?

گفت چون فرمود آن شاه مطاع ** من کی بودم تا کنم زان امتناع

Will you, Jew, rebel against the command of Moses if he summon you (either) in a fair cause or a foul? 2495

تو جهود از امر موسی سر کشی ** گر بخواند در خوشی یا ناخوشی

Can you, Christian, ever spurn the command of Christ (whether) for good or evil?

تو مسیحی هیچ از امر مسیح ** سر توانی تافت در خیر و قبیح