Rumi's Masnavi - Do not put him that hath seen Thee in the position of one that hath not seen (Thee): sprinkle water on his verdure that has sprung up.

Do not put him that hath seen Thee in the position of one that hath not seen (Thee): sprinkle water on his verdure that has sprung up. 2895

آنک دیدستت مکن نادیده‌اش ** آب زن بر سبزه‌ی بالیده‌اش

I have not acted recklessly (heedlessly) while faring (on Thy Way): do not Thou either act recklessly (ruthlessly) in pricking (inflicting pain upon me).

من نکردم لا ابالی در روش ** تو مکن هم لاابالی در خلش

Oh, do not drive far from Thy face him who once beheld Thy face!

هین مران از روی خود او را بعید ** آنک او یک‌باره آن روی تو دید

To behold the face of any one but Thee is (like the torture of) an iron collar for the throat: everything except God is vain.

دید روی جز تو شد غل گلو ** کل شیء ما سوی الله باطل

They are vain, but they show me the right way because vanity attracts (only) the vain.

باطل‌اند و می‌نمایندم رشد ** زانک باطل باطلان را می‌کشد

Each one of the atoms on atoms which exist in this earth and heaven is like amber (a magnet) for its congener. 2900

ذره ذره کاندرین ارض و سماست ** جنس خود را هر یکی چون کهرباست

The belly attracts bread to its resting-place; the heat of the liver attracts water.

معده نان را می‌کشد تا مستقر ** می‌کشد مر آب را تف جگر

The eye is an attractor of beautiful persons from these (different) quarters of the town; the brain (nose) is seeking (to attract) scents from the rose-garden,

چشم جذاب بتان زین کویها ** مغز جویان از گلستان بویها

Because the sense peculiar to the eye is an attractor of colour, while the brain and nose attract sweet perfumes.

زانک حس چشم آمد رنگ کش ** مغز و بینی می‌کشد بوهای خوش

O Lord who knowest the secret, do Thou preserve us from these attractions by the attraction of Thy grace!

زین کششها ای خدای رازدان ** تو به جذب لطف خودمان ده امان