Ghazal No. 313: The rebab is the drink of love and the companion of friends
غزل شماره ۳۱۳: رباب مشرب عشقست و مونس اصحاب
Rebab is the drink of love and companion of friends
That the Arabs have named the cloud rebab
رباب مشرب عشقست و مونس اصحاب
که ابر را عربان نام کردهاند رباب
Just as the cloud is the water carrier of the flower and the rose garden
Rebab is the strength of the conscience and the cupbearer of the doors
چنانک ابر سقای گل و گلستانست
رباب قوت ضمیرست و ساقی الباب
You blow into a fire, it increases the flames
Nothing but dust rises when you blow into the earth
در آتشی بدمی شعلهها برافزود
بجز غبار نخیزد چو دردمی به تراب
Rebab is the invitation of the falcon, return to the king
The crow does not return to the king by the drum
رباب دعوت بازست سوی شه بازآ
به طبل باز نیاید به سوی شاه غراب
It is the opening of the knot of the problems of lovers
If it has no problem, what answer is worthy?
گشایش گره مشکلات عشاقست
چو مشکلیش نباشد چه درخورست جواب
The answer to the animal's problem is grass and straw
That the seed of his lust became the leaven of sleep
جواب مشکل حیوان گیاه آمد و کاه
که تخم شهوت او شد خمیرمایه خواب
Where is the donkey and where is the breath of Jesus' love?
That the opener of the doors did not give him this opening
خر از کجا و دم عشق عیسوی ز کجا
که این گشاد ندادش مفتح الابواب
That love is the robe of the soul and the necklace of 'we honored'
For the kingdom of union and for the lifting of the veil
که عشق خلعت جانست و طوق کرمنا
برای ملک وصال و برای رفع حجاب
At his cry, all hearts come to one important matter
The call of the Lord frees from the separation of lords
به بانگ او همه دلها به یک مهم آیند
ندای رب برهاند ز تفرقه ارباب
Speak less of love with the corporeal ones, for them
The duty of fear and hope has come, and reward and punishment
ز عشق کم گو با جسمیان که ایشان را
وظیفه خوف و رجا آمد و ثواب و عقاب
Ghazal No. 313: The rebab is the drink of love and the companion of friends
Book: Divan e Shams
Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī