Rumi's Masnavi - ’Twas their intention that the Moslem should suffer pain and pass the night in want of food.

’Twas their intention that the Moslem should suffer pain and pass the night in want of food.

قصدشان آن کان مسلمان غم خورد ** شب برو در بی‌نوایی بگذرد

He was overpowered: he said, with resignation and acquiescence, “My friends, I hear and obey.” 2415

بود مغلوب او به تسلیم و رضا ** گفت سمعا طاعة اصحابنا

So they slept (all) that night, and in the morning they rose and dressed themselves,

پس بخفتند آن شب و برخاستند ** بامدادان خویش را آراستند

And washed their faces and mouths; and each one had a (different) method and practice in his devotions.

روی شستند و دهان و هر یکی ** داشت اندر ورد راه و مسلکی

For a while each one applied himself to his devotions, seeking favour from God.

یک زمانی هر کسی آورد رو ** سوی ورد خویش از حق فضل‌جو

True believer and Christian, Jew and Guebre and Magian— the faces of them all are (turned) towards that mighty Sultan.

مومن و ترسا جهود و گبر و مغ ** جمله را رو سوی آن سلطان الغ

Nay, stone and earth and mountain and water have their invisible recourse to God. 2420

بلک سنگ و خاک و کوه و آب را ** هست واگشت نهانی با خدا

This topic is infinite. At that time the three companions looked on one another friendlily,

این سخن پایان ندارد هر سه یار ** رو به هم کردند آن دم یاروار

And one (of them) said, “Let each (of us) relate what he dreamed last night.

آن یکی گفتا که هر یک خواب خویش ** آنچ دید او دوش گو آور به پیش

Let him who had the best dream eat this (sweetmeat): let the most excellent carry off the share of every one that is excelled (by him).”

هرکه خوابش بهتر این را او خورد ** قسم هر مفضول را افضل برد

He who mounts highest in (the scale of) reason—his eating is (equivalent to) the eating of all (his inferiors).

آنک اندر عقل بالاتر رود ** خوردن او خوردن جمله بود

His luminous spirit is supreme: ’tis enough for the rest of them to tend (cherish) him. 2425

فوق آمد جان پر انوار او ** باقیان را بس بود تیمار او

Since those endowed with (perfect) reason endure for ever, in reality this world is enduring for ever.

عاقلان را چون بقا آمد ابد ** پس به معنی این جهان باقی بود

Then the Jew related his dream (and told them) whither his spirit had wandered during the night.

پس جهود آورد آنچ دیده بود ** تا کجا شب روح او گردیده بود

He said, “Moses met me on the way, (according to the adage) ‘the cat sees a fat sheep's tail in her dreams.’

گفت در ره موسی‌ام آمد به پیش ** گربه بیند دنبه اندر خواب خویش

I followed Moses to Mt Sinai: in the Light (of the Divine Epiphany) all three of us vanished.

در پی موسی شدم تا کوه طور ** هر سه‌مان گشتیم ناپیدا ز نور

All (our) three shadows disappeared in the Sun; after that, there came from the Light an opening of the door (revelation). 2430

هر سه سایه محو شد زان آفتاب ** بعد از آن زان نور شد یک فتح باب

From the heart of that Light another Light sprang up, and then the second (Light) quickly sought to transcend it.

نور دیگر از دل آن نور رست ** پس ترقی جست آن ثانیش چست

Both I and Moses and also Mt Sinai, we were lost, all three, in that effulgence of the (second) Light.

هم من و هم موسی و هم کوه طور ** هر سه گم گشتیم زان اشراق نور

After that, I saw the mountain break into three pieces when the Light of God surged upon it.

بعد از آن دیدم که که سه شاخ شد ** چونک نور حق درو نفاخ شد

When the Attribute of Majesty was revealed to it, it burst asunder in every direction.

وصف هیبت چون تجلی زد برو ** می‌سکست از هم همی‌شد سو به سو

One piece of the mountain fell towards the sea, and the water bitter as poison was made sweet. 2435

آن یکی شاخ که آمد سوی یم ** گشت شیرین آب تلخ هم‌چو سم

One piece thereof sank into the earth, and a medicinal spring of running water gushed forth,

آن یکی شاخش فرو شد در زمین ** چشمه‌ی دارو برون آمد معین

So that its water became a cure for all the sick by the blessedness of the goodly revelation.

که شفای جمله رنجوران شد آب ** از همایونی وحی مستطاب

The other (third) piece flew at once to the neighbourhood of the Ka‘ba where ‘Arafát was (situated).

آن یکی شاخ دگر پرید زود ** تا جوار کعبه که عرفات بود