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نگفتمت مرو آن جا که آشنات منم
نگفتمت مرو آن‌جا که آشنات منم
در این سراب فنا چشمه حیات منم
وگر به خشم روی صد هزار سال ز من
به عاقبت به من آیی که منتهات منم
نگفتمت که به نقش جهان مشو راضی
که نقش بند سراپرده رضات منم
نگفتمت که منم بحر و تو یکی ماهی
مرو به خشک که دریای باصفات منم
نگفتمت که چو مرغان به سوی دام مرو
بیا که قدرت پرواز و پرّ و پات منم
نگفتمت که تو را ره زنند و سرد کنند
که آتش و تبش و گرمی هوات منم
نگفتمت که صفت‌های زشت در تو نهند
که گم کنی که سر چشمه صفات منم
نگفتمت که مگو کار بنده از چه جهت
نظام گیرد خلاق بی‌جهات منم
اگر چراغ دلی دان که راه خانه کجاست
وگر خداصفتی دان که کدخدات منم
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Mchatronn on 2016-06-11
Mchatronn on 2016-06-11Translation
Did I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend"
Did I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend;
in this mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?”
Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years from me,
in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal.
Did I not say to you, “Be not content with worldly forms,
for I am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?”
Did I not say to you, “I am the sea and you are a single fish;
go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?”
Did I not say to you, “Go not like birds to the snare; come,
for I am the power of flight and your wings and feet?”
Did I not say to you, “They will waylay you and make you
cold, for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire?”
Did I not say to you, “They will implant in you ugly qualities
so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you?”
Did I not say to you, “Do not say from what direction the
servant’s affairs come into order?” I am the Creator without directions.
If you are the lamp of the heart, know where the road is to the house;
and if you are godlike of attribute, know that I am your Master.
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Translation by A. J. Arberry
Note: 1. According to Aflakı Sultan Rukn al-Dın, Saljuqı was invited to Aq Sarai by his emirs to decide about the strategy to face the approaching
Mongol horde. He consulted Maulana, who said: “It is better not to go there.” But Rukn al-Dın went and was strangled by his own people. It is reported that before his death, he shouted: “Maulana, Maulana!” Meanwhile Rumi was at Sama‘. He told the disciples of Rukn al-Dın’s death and composed this poem. Manaqib 1:147–48.