Rumi’s ghazal translated by Fatima Haidari

ببستی چشم یعنی وقت خواب است
نه خوابست آن حریفان را جواب است

جفا می‌کن جفاات جمله لطف است
خطا می‌کن خطای تو صواب است

بسی سرها ربوده چشم ساقی
به شمشیری که آن یک قطره آب است

یکی گوید که این از عشق ساقیست
یکی گوید که این فعل شراب است 

You closed your eyes for sleep: is it time?
Never mind, it is not time for sleep, but for rejecting the rivals.

Be cruel, be cruel: your cruelty is full of blessings.
Make mistakes, make mistakes: your mistakes are all virtue.

The cup bearer’s eyes have beheaded plenty
with a sword that is only a small drop of water.

Someone says: “It is the cup bearer’s love.”
Another says: “It is the doing of wine.”