Rumi's Masnavi - (And said), ‘Hark, take precautions to repel that enemy’; (so) in his craziness he would fain kill every child that was born.

(And said), ‘Hark, take precautions to repel that enemy’; (so) in his craziness he would fain kill every child that was born.

هین بکن در دفع آن خصم احتیاط ** هر که می‌زایید می‌کشت از خباط

(But), to confound him, the inspired child was saved; the blood of (all) the others remained (as a burden of guilt) upon his neck.

کوری او رست طفل وحی کش ** ماند خون‌های دگر در گردنش

Oh, ’tis wonderful! Did he obtain that empire from his father so that (in consequence) he was befooled by the darkness of noble lineage?

از پدر یابید آن ملک ای عجب ** تا غرورش داد ظلمات نسب

(Nay); if father and mother were an obstacle (cause of delusion) to others, he derived the jewels in his pocket from Me.” 4855

دیگران را گر ام و اب شد حجاب ** او ز ما یابید گوهرها به جیب

Assuredly thy wicked carnal soul is a rapacious wolf: why art thou laying the blame on every comrade (neighbour)?

گرگ درنده‌ست نفس بد یقین ** چه بهانه می‌نهی بر هر قرین

In its misguidedness the foul disbelieving unconscionable carnal soul is (like) a cap for (concealing the diseased condition of) a hundred baldpates.

در ضلالت هست صد کل را کله ** نفس زشت کفرناک پر سفه

For this reason, O poor slave (of God), I am always saying, “Do not remove the collar from the neck of the cur.”

زین سبب می‌گویم این بنده‌ی فقیر ** سلسله از گردن سگ برمگیر

(Even) if this cur has become a teacher, it is a cur still: be thou one whose carnal soul is abased, for it is evil-natured.

گر معلم گشت این سگ هم سگست ** باش ذلت نفسه کو بدرگست

Thou wilt perform thy bounden duty if thou go round about (one like) Suhayl (Canopus, and absorb his light) as Tá’if hide (absorbs the rays), 4860

فرض می‌آری به جا گر طایفی ** بر سهیلی چون ادیم طایفی

In order that Suhayl may redeem thee from the vices of the skin (corporeality), and that thou mayst fit the foot of the Beloved like a boot.

تا سهیلت وا خرد از شر پوست ** تا شوی چون موزه‌ای هم‌پای دوست