Ghazal No. 378: Oh, you who have been checkmated by the king of love
غزل شماره ۳۷۸: ای گشته ز شاه عشق شهمات
O you who have been checkmated by the king of love
Do not be in anger and in recompense
ای گشته ز شاه عشق شهمات
در خشم مباش و در مکافات
Enter the garden of annihilation and look
In the soul of your eternity, there are paradises
در باغ فنا درآ و بنگر
در جان بقای خویش جنات
When your face goes further from yourself
You will see beyond these heavens
چون پیشترک روی تو از خود
بینی ز ورای این سماوات
The sultan of truths and meanings
And from the ancient light, canopies and banners
سلطان حقایق و معانی
وز نور قدیم چتر و رایات
When it becomes manifest, do not seek miracles
For miracles were for the sake of signs
چون گشت عیان مجو کرامت
کز بهر نشان بود کرامات
As long as the shore of the sea is visible, the flood is evident
When it is drowned, where is it? Alas!
تا ساحل بحر سیل پیداست
چون غرقه شود کجاست هیهات
We are checkmated by you, Shams Tabriz
A hundred services and a hundred greetings from the checkmated
ما مات تویم شمس تبریز
صد خدمت و صد سلام از مات
Ghazal No. 378: Oh, you who have been checkmated by the king of love
Book: Divan e Shams
Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī