Rumi's Masnavi - I bestowed on the worms love for him like that of children for their father. Look, here is (a token of My) Power, here is (a token of My) Hand!

I bestowed on the worms love for him like that of children for their father. Look, here is (a token of My) Power, here is (a token of My) Hand!

داده کرمان را برو مهر ولد ** بر پدر من اینت قدرت اینت ید

I have taught mothers to care (for their children): how (infinite) must be the kindness that I have kindled!

مادران را داب من آموختم ** چون بود لطفی که من افروختم

(Unto him) I showed a hundred favours and (knit) a hundred ties (of obligation), that he might experience My kindness directly,

صد عنایت کردم و صد رابطه ** تا ببیند لطف من بی‌واسطه

And not be distracted by any secondary cause, to the end that every call for help should be made by him to Me, 4840

تا نباشد از سبب در کش‌مکش ** تا بود هر استعانت از منش

Or at least that he should have no excuse (for turning elsewhere) and no occasion to complain of any evil companion.

ورنه تا خود هیچ عذری نبودش ** شکوتی نبود ز هر یار بدش

He enjoyed this tender care (cemented) by a hundred ties, for I fostered him (Myself) without an intermediary.

این حضانه دید با صد رابطه ** که بپروردم ورا بی‌واسطه

His thanks, O honoured servant, were this, that he became Nimrod and the burner of Khalíl (Abraham)”—

شکر او آن بود ای بنده‌ی جلیل ** که شد او نمرود و سوزنده‌ی خلیل

Just as this prince, in return for the favours of the King, showed arrogance and sought to aggrandise himself,

هم‌چنان کین شاه‌زاده شکر شاه ** کرد استکبار و استکثار جاه

Saying, “Why should I become the follower of another when I possess empire and new (splendid) fortune?” 4845

که چرا من تابع غیری شوم ** چونک صاحب ملک و اقبال نوم

(Hence) the King's favours, of which the tale has been told above, were veiled from his heart (in oblivion) by his outrageous insolence—

لطف‌های شه که ذکر آن گذشت ** از تجبر بر دلش پوشیده گشت