Ghazal No. 181: The heart is like a seed, we are like the mill
غزل شماره ۱۸۱: دل چو دانه، ما مثال آسیا
The heart, like our grain, is an example of the millstone
The millstone, how does it know why this turning?
دل چو دانه ما مثال آسیا
آسیا کی داند این گردش چرا
The body is like the stone, and its water is thoughts
The stone says, the water knows the story
تن چو سنگ و آب او اندیشهها
سنگ گوید آب داند ماجرا
The water says, ask the miller
Who cast this water into the lowlands
آب گوید آسیابان را بپرس
کو فکند اندر نشیب این آب را
The miller will say to you, O bread eater
If this does not turn, what will become of the bread?
آسیابان گویدت کای نان خوار
گر نگردد این که باشد نانبا
The story will become very long, be silent
Ask from God, so that He may tell you
ماجرا بسیار خواهد شد خمش
از خدا واپرس تا گوید تو را
Ghazal No. 181: The heart is like a seed, we are like the mill
Book: Divan e Shams
Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī