Rumi's Masnavi - The Cutter of cords (Death) and the armies of Death come, like December, to cut the boughs and leaves (of the body),

The Cutter of cords (Death) and the armies of Death come, like December, to cut the boughs and leaves (of the body),

قاطع الاسباب و لشکرهای مرگ ** هم‌چو دی آید به قطع شاخ و برگ

(And then) there is no succour for them in the world from Spring, except perchance the Spring of the Beloved's face in the soul. 3605

در جهان نبود مددشان از بهار ** جز مگر در جان بهار روی یار

The Earth is entitled “the Abode of delusion” because she draws back her foot (and deserts you) on the day of passage.

زان لقب شد خاک را دار الغرور ** کو کشد پا را سپس یوم العبور

Before that (time) she was running right and left, saying, “I will take away thy sorrow”; but she never took anything away.

پیش از آن بر راست و بر چپ می‌دوید ** که بچینم درد تو چیزی نچید

In the hour of anxieties she would say to you, “May pain be far from thee, and (may) ten mountains (stand) between (pain and thee)!”

او بگفتی مر ترا وقت غمان ** دور از تو رنج و ده که در میان

When the army of Pain arrives, she holds her breath: she will not even say, “I have seen (and been acquainted with) thee.”

چون سپاه رنج آمد بست دم ** خود نمی‌گوید ترا من دیده‌ام

God made a parable concerning the Devil on this wise: “He leads you into battle by his cunning tricks, 3610

حق پی شیطان بدین سان زد مثل ** که ترا در رزم آرد با حیل

Saying, ‘I will give thee help, I am beside thee, I will run before thee in the perils (of war);

که ترا یاری دهم من با توم ** در خطرها پیش تو من می‌دوم

I will be thy shield amidst the arrows of khadang wood, I will be thy refuge in the hour of distress;

اسپرت باشم گه تیر خدنگ ** مخلص تو باشم اندر وقت تنگ

I will sacrifice my life for thee in raising thee to thy feet. Thou art a Rustam, a lion: come on, be manful!’”

جان فدای تو کنم در انتعاش ** رستمی شیری هلا مردانه باش