Ghazal No. 364: As long as the image of the friend's imagination is with us
غزل شماره ۳۶۴: تا نقش خیال دوست با ماست
As long as the image of the friend's thought is with us
Our whole life is a spectacle for us
تا نقش خیال دوست با ماست
ما را همه عمر خود تماشاست
Where there is the union of friends
By God, the middle of the house is a desert
آن جا که وصال دوستانست
والله که میان خانه صحراست
And where the heart's desire is fulfilled
One thorn is better than a thousand dates
وان جا که مراد دل برآید
یک خار به از هزار خرماست
When we sleep at the head of the beloved's street
Our pillow and quilt are the Pleiades
چون بر سر کوی یار خسبیم
بالین و لحاف ما ثریاست
When we twist in the head of the beloved's hair
In the night of Qadr, our worth is upright
چون در سر زلف یار پیچیم
اندر شب قدر قدر ما راست
When the reflection of his beauty shines
The mountains and the earth are silk and brocade
چون عکس جمال او بتابد
کهسار و زمین حریر و دیباست
When we ask the wind for his scent
In the wind is the sound of the harp and the oboe
از باد چو بوی او بپرسیم
در باد صدای چنگ و سرناست
When we write his name on the earth
Every piece of earth is a houri and a houri
بر خاک چو نام او نویسیم
هر پاره خاک حور و حوراست
When we read an incantation over the fire from him
From him, the fire is acid-faced
بر آتش از او فسون بخوانیم
زو آتش تیزاب سیماست
What story shall I tell that even on non-existence
When we take his name, it increases existence
قصه چه کنم که بر عدم نیز
نامش چو بریم هستی افزاست
That point where his love is
Is more full of essence than a thousand walnuts
آن نکته که عشق او در آن جاست
پرمغزتر از هزار جوزاست
And that moment when love showed its face
All these arose from the middle
وان لحظه که عشق روی بنمود
اینها همه از میانه برخاست
Be silent, for the end is completely finished
The universal will is God Almighty's
خامش که تمام ختم گشتهست
کلی مراد حق تعالاست
Ghazal No. 364: As long as the image of the friend's imagination is with us
Book: Divan e Shams
Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī