Rumi's Masnavi - He fetched viands for him and told him stories, so that from the (feeling of) hope (with which the bailiff inspired him) a hundred roses blossomed in his heart.

He fetched viands for him and told him stories, so that from the (feeling of) hope (with which the bailiff inspired him) a hundred roses blossomed in his heart. 3520

لوتش آورد و حکایت‌هاش گفت ** کز امید اندر دلش صد گل شکفت

He (the bailiff) opened his lips to relate the ease (prosperity) which he had experienced after difficulty (adversity).

آنچ بعد العسر یسر او دیده بود ** با غریب از قصه‌ی آن لب گشود

Midnight passed, and (he was still) narrating: (then) sleep transported them to the meadow where the spirit feeds.

نیم‌شب بگذشت و افسانه کنان ** خوابشان انداخت تا مرعای جان

On that night the bailiff dreamed that he saw the blessed Khwája (seated) on the high-seat in the (heavenly) palace.

دید پامرد آن همایون خواجه را ** اندر آن شب خواب بر صدر سرا

The Khwája said, “O excellent bailiff, I have heard what you said, point by point,

خواجه گفت ای پای‌مرد با نمک ** آنچ گفتی من شنیدم یک به یک

But I was not commanded to answer, and I durst not open my lips without being directed. 3525

لیک پاسخ دادنم فرمان نبود ** بی‌اشارت لب نیارستم گشود

Now that we have become acquainted with the conditions and degrees (of the spiritual world), a seal has been laid upon our lips,

ما چو واقف گشته‌ایم از چون و چند ** مهر با لب‌های ما بنهاده‌اند

Lest the mysteries of the Unseen should be divulged and (thereby) the life and livelihood (of mortals) be destroyed,

تا نگردد رازهای غیب فاش ** تا نگردد منهدم عیش و معاش

And lest the veil of forgetfulness should be entirely rent and (the meat in) the pot of tribulation be left half-raw.

تا ندرد پرده‌ی غفلت تمام ** تا نماند دیگ محنت نیم‌خام

We are all ear, (though) the (material) form of the ear has become deaf: we are all speech, but our lips are silent.

ما همه گوشیم کر شد نقش گوش ** ما همه نطقیم لیکن لب خموش