The Vizier Stays in Seclusion
From Rumi’s Masnavi (مثنوی معنوی), Book 1, section 28 of 171: The refusal of the vizier to interrupt his seclusion (جواب گفتن وزیر که خلوت را نمی‌‌شکنم). Below, each of its 8 couplets is given in Persian, followed by R. A. Nicholson’s English translation.
The refusal of the vizier to interrupt his seclusion جواب گفتن وزیر که خلوت را نمی‌‌شکنم
گفت حجتهای خود کوته کنید
پند را در جان و در دل ره کنید
He said: “Cut short your arguments, let my advice make its way into your souls and hearts.
گر امینم متهم نبود امین
گر بگویم آسمان را من زمین
If I am trustworthy, the trustworthy is not doubted, even though I should call heaven earth.
گر کمالم با کمال انکار چیست
ور نیم این زحمت و آزار چیست
If I am (endowed with) perfection, why (this) disbelief in my perfection? and if I am not (perfect), why this molestation and annoyance?
من نخواهم شد از این خلوت برون
ز آن که مشغولم به احوال درون
I will not go forth from this seclusion, because I am occupied with inward experiences.”
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