Ghazal No. 357: Like that mine of generosity that is our prey
غزل شماره ۳۵۷: چو آن کان کرم ما را شکارست
Since that mine of generosity has hunted us
At every breath, our gift is ten thousand
چو آن کان کرم ما را شکارست
به هر دم هدیه ما را ده هزارست
For us, golden and silver ladders
Are placed when our intention is on the beloved's roof
که ما را نردبان زرین و سیمین
نهد چون قصد ما بر بام یارست
It is belladonna in the hidden world
Which is a treasure for us and a snake for the stranger
بلادریست در عالم نهانی
که بر ما گنج و بر بیگانه مارست
Do not count a treasury of silver before us
For we have countless gold and silver
به پیش ما خزینه سیم مشمر
که ما را زر و سیم بیشمارست
If this slander was from the moth
Two hundred times more is from the king's hand
ز پروانه اگر این افترا بود
دو صد چندین ز دست شهریارست
Ghazal No. 357: Like that mine of generosity that is our prey
Book: Divan e Shams
Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī