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Truth is the Night of Power hidden amidst the nigh Truth is the Night of Power hidden amidst the nights In order that the soul may make trial of every night - Rumi حق شب قدر است در شبها نهان تا كند جان هر شبى‌را امتهان haqq shab-e qadr ast dar shabhā nahān tā konad jān har shabī rā emtehān the Truth . haqq . حق the Night of Power . shab-e qadr . شب قدر is . ast . است in . dar . در nights . shabhā . شبها hidden . nahān . نهان in order that . tā . تا makes . konad . كند the soul . jān . جان every . har . هر night .‌ shabī . شبى [direct object marker] rā . را trial/ test . emtehān . امتهان
Fasting says in the language of spiritual states “Become less, for all increase is with us” - Rumi روزه به زبان حال گوید کم شو که همه مزید با ماست ruze beh zabān-e hāl gūyad kam show ke hame mazīd bā māst fasting . rūze . روزه in/with beh . به language/ tongue of. zabān-e . زبان spiritual state . hāl . حال says . gūyad . گوید little . kam . کم become . show . شو for . ke . که all/ every . hame . همه increase . mazīd . مزید is with us . bā māst . با ماست
When your brain and stomach burn from fasting, fr When your brain and stomach burn from fasting, from the heat, every moment, a song rises from your chest With every breath you burn a thousand veils from that heat, You raise up a thousand steps with dedication and resolve - Rumi اگر ز روزه بسوزد دماغ و اشکم تو ز سوز ناله برآید ز سینه‌ات هر دم هزار پرده بسوزی به هر دمی زان سوز هزار پایه بر آری به همت و به قدم agar ze rūze besūzad demāgh v ashkam-e tow ze sūz nāle barāyad ze sīne-at har dam hezār parde besūzī beh har damī zān sūz hezār pāye barārī beh hemmat u beh qadam if . agar . اگر from . ze . ز fasting . rūze . روزه burn . besūzad . بسوزد brain . demāgh دماغ and . v . و stomach of . ashkam-e . اشکم you . tow . تو from . ze . ز heat/ burning . sūz . سوز voice/ music/ lament nāle . ناله arises . barāyad . برآید from . ze . ز your chest .‌ sīne-at . سینه‌ات every . har . هر moment/breath . dam . دم a thousand . hezār . هزار veils . parde. پرده you burn. besūzī . بسوزی with . beh . به every . har. هر breath/moment. damī . دمی from that . zān . زان heat/burning . sūz . سوز a thousand . hezār . هزار steps. pāye . پایه raise . bar ārī . بر آری with . beh . به dedication/ determination/ aspiration . hemmat . همت and u . و resolve/footing . qadam . قدم
How wonderful is the hidden sweetness in this emp How wonderful is the hidden sweetness in this emptiness of the stomach! The human being is as a lute, neither more nor less Thus when, for instance, the belly of the lute is filled, no note comes from that full lute, neither high nor low - Rumi زهی حلاوت پنهان در این خلای شکم مثال چنگ بود آدمی نه بیش و نه کم چنانک گر شکم چنگ پر شود مثلا نه ناله آید از آن چنگ پر نه زیر و نه بم zehī halavat-e penhān dar īn khelāy-e shekam mesāl-e chang bovad ādamī nah bīsh o nah kam chonānke gar shekam-e chang pur shavad masalan nah nāleh āyad az ān chang-e pur nah zīr u nah bam how wonderful is . zehī . زهی the sweetness . halavat-e . حلاوت hidden . penhān . پنهان in . dar . در this . īn . این emptiness of . khelāy-e . خلای the stomach . shekam . شکم like/ the likeness of . mesāl-e . مثال lute . chang . چنگ is . bovad . بود ‎آدمی . ādamī . the human being no . nah . نه more . bīsh . بیش and . u . و less . kam . کم thus. chonānke . چنانک when/if . gar . گر the belly of . shekam-e . شکم the lute . chang . چنگ full . pur . پر is . shavad . شود for example . masalan . مثلا no . nah . نه note/music/lament . nāle . ناله comes . āyad . آید from . az . از that . ān . آن full lute . chang-e pur . چنگ پر neither high nor low . nah zīr u nah bam . نه زیر و نه بم
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For the sown fields of the soul whose kernels are For the sown fields of the soul whose kernels are concealed the cloud of mercy is full of the water of Kawthar زرع جان را كش جواهر مضمر است ابر رحمت پر ز آب كوثر است zar’-e jān rā kesh javāher muzmar ast abr-e rahmat pur ze āb-e kawsar ast sown fields of . zar’-e . زرع the soul . jān . جان ‎را . rā . for whose . kesh . كش kernels/ essences . javāher . جواهر concealed . muzmar . مضمر are . ast. است the cloud of . abr-e . ابر mercy . rahmat . رحمت full . pur . پر of . ze . ز water of . āb-e . آب Kawthar . kawsar . كوثر is. ast . است
Wash your hands Because the table and divine banqu Wash your hands Because the table and divine banquet from the heavens has arrived Wash your hands and mouth Do not eat or speak Find those words and mouthfuls which have arrived for the silent ‎دست بشو کز فلک مایده و خوان رسید ‎دست و دهان را بشو نه بخور و نه بگو ‎آن سخن و لقمه جو کان به خموشان رسید dast beshu kaz falak māyede va khān rasīd dast u dahān rā beshū nah bekhūr u nah begū ān sukhan u lugma jū kān beh khamūshān rasīd hand . dast . دست wash . beshu . بشو because . kaz . کز the heavens . falak . فلک heavenly banquet . māyede . مایده and . va . و table . khān . خوان arrived . rasīd . رسید hand . dast . دست mouth . dahān . دهان [direct object marker] rā . را do not . nah . نه eat . bekhūr . بخور speak . begū . بگو that . ān . آن word/speech . sukhan . سخن mouthful . lugma . لقمه find/seek jū . جو has . kān . کان for . beh . به the silent ones. khamūshān . خموشان arrived . rasīd . رسید
When the self is in need the soul ascends on a jou When the self is in need the soul ascends on a journey to heaven When the gate of the prison is broken the soul reaches the land of the Beloved ‎نفس چو محتاج شد روح به معراج شد ‎چون در زندان شکست جان بر جانان رسید nafs chu mohtāj shod rūh beh mi’rāj shod chun dar-e zendān shekast jān bar-e jānān rasīd the ego/self . nafs . نفس when . chu . چو in need . mohtāj . محتاج is . shod . شد soul/ spirit . rūh . روح on . beh . به ascension/ journey to heaven . mi’rāj . معراج goes. shod . شد when . chun . چون the gate of . dar-e . در the prison . zendān . زندان is broken . shekast . شکست the soul . jān . جان the land of . bar-e . بر the Beloved . jānān . جانان arrives at/ reaches . rasīd . رسید
Patience is like a gentle cloud, wisdom raining d Patience is like a gentle cloud, wisdom raining down from it Thus it was in such a month of patience that the Qur’an came down ‎صبر چو ابریست خوش حکمت بارد از او ‎زانک چنین ماه صبر بود که قرآن رسید sabr chu abrīst khosh hikmat bārad az u zānke chonīn māh-e sabr būd ke qurān rasīd patience . sabr . صبر like . chu . چو is a cloud . abrīst . ابریست good/gentle . khosh . خوش wisdom . hikmat . حکمت rains . bārad . بارد from . az . از it . u . او thus . zānke . زانک such . chonīn . چنین a month of . māh-e . ماه patience . sabr . صبر it was . būd . بود that . keh . که the Quran . qurān . قرآن came/arrived . rasīd . رسید
Don’t strike the drum for sahur too much, that i Don’t strike the drum for sahur too much, that is to say, speak little and fall silent They will come to understand fasting from fasting itself سحوری کم زن ای نطق و خمش کن ز روزه خود شوند آگاه روزه ‏sahūrī kam zan ay nutq u khamush kon
ze rūze khod shavand āgāh-e rūze 
 سحوری . sahūrī . ‏sahur drum (to wake people up) کم . little . kam زن . strike . zan ای . meaning / that is . ay نطق . speaking . nutq و . and . u خمش کن . be silent . khamush kon ز . from . ze روزه . fasting . rūze خود . itself . khod شوند . they will become . shavand آگاه . aware of . āgāh-e روزه . fasting . rūze
Like Yusuf, the one who endures patiently in the Like Yusuf, the one who endures patiently in the well of fasting attains the kingdom of the Egypt of love ‎چو یوسف ملک مصر عشق گیرد ‎کسی کو صبر کرد در چاه روزه 
chū yūsuf mulk-e misr-e`ishq gīrad 
kasī kū sabr kard dar chāh-e rūze like . chū . چو Joseph . yūsuf . یوسف kingdom of . mulk-e . ملک Egypt of . misr-e . مصر ‘ishq . love . عشق attains . gīrad . گیرد the one . kasī . کسی who . kū . کو patience . sabr . صبر practices . kard . کرد in . dar . در the well of . chāh-e . چاه fasting . rūze - روزه
Gazing up (to see the moon) my hat fell from my he Gazing up (to see the moon) my hat fell from my head Intoxicated as my head was by the Sovereign of fasting ‎نظر کردم کلاه از سر بیفتاد ‎سرم را مست کرد آن شاه روزه

nazar kardam, kolāh az sar beyoftād
saram ra mast kard ān shāh-e rūze
 I gazed . nazar kardam . نظر کردم hat . kolāh . کلاه from . az . از head . sar . سر fell . beyoftād . بیفتاد my head . saram . سرم direct object marker . rā. را intoxicated . mast kard . مست کرد that . ān . آن Sovereign of . shāh-e . شاه fasting . rūze - روزه
How wonderful the felicity, good fortune and sple How wonderful the felicity, good fortune and splendour of fasting is! زهی اقبال و بخت و جاه روزه ‏
zehī iqbāl o bakht o jāh-e rūze how excellent/wonderful is . zehī . زهی the felicity . iqbāl. اقبال and . o . و good fortune . bakht . بخت splendour/rank of . jāh-e . جاه fasting . rūze . روزه
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