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

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

We now see (the result of) everything that we gave (during our life in the world): this (material) world is the veil, and that (spiritual) world is the vision. 3530

هر چه ما دادیم دیدیم این زمان ** این جهان پرده‌ست و عینست آن جهان

The day of sowing is the day of concealment and scattering seed in a piece of earth.

روز کشتن روز پنهان کردنست ** تخم در خاکی پریشان کردنست