The Beloved’s Cruelty

Rumi’s ghazal translated by Fatima Haidari with David Keplinger


جمله بی‌قراریت از طلب قرار تست
طالب بی‌قرار شو تا که قرار آیدت

جمله ناگوارشت از طلب گوارش است
ترک گوارش ار کنی زهر گوار آیدت

جمله بی‌مرادیت از طلب مراد تست
ور نه همه مرادها همچو نثار آیدت

عاشق جور یار شو عاشق مهر یار نی
تا که نگار نازگر عاشق زار آیدت
Your lack of rest is your desire for rest.
Demand unrest, the rest comes to you.

Your lack of ease is your desire for ease.
Give up your slaking. Poison slakes your thirst.

Your lack of success is your desire for success.
Otherwise, all triumphs come to you like gifts.

Love your beloved’s cruelty, not her devotion.
So that trickster comes to you madly in love.
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