Reason says, "I will beguile him with the tongue;

"Love says, "Be silent. I will beguile him with the soul."

The soul says to the heart, "Go, do not laugh at meand yourself.

What is there that is not his,

that I may beguile him thereby?

"He is not sorrowful and anxious and seeking oblivionthat

I may beguile him with wine and a heavy measure.

The arrow of his glance needs not a bow

that I should beguile the shaft of his gaze with a bow.

He is not prisoner of the world,

fettered to this world of earth,

that I should beguile him with gold of the kingdom of the world.

He is an angel, though in form he is a man;

he is notlustful that I should beguile him with women

.Angels start away from the house wherein this formis,

so how should I beguile him with such a form and likeness?

He does not take a flock of horses,

since he flies on wings;his food is light,

so how should I beguile him with bread?

He is not a merchant and trafficker in the market of the world

that I should beguile him with enchantment of gain and loss.

He is not veiled that I should make myself out sick andutter sighs,

to beguile him with lamentation.

I will bind my head and bow my head,

for I have got outof hand;

I will not beguile his compassion with sickness or fluttering.

Hair by hair he sees my crookedness and feigning;

what'shidden from him

that I should beguile him with anything hidden.

He is not a seeker of fame,

a prince addicted to poets,

that I should beguile him with verses and lyrics and flowing poetry.

The glory of the unseen form is too great for me

to beguile it with blessing or Paradise.Shams-e Tabriz,

who is his chosen and beloved - perchance

I will beguile him with this same pole of the age.