You Don’t Go Away

If the vision, the wisdom and the soul go, you don’t go away
I don’t need them, but I need you; you don’t go away
The sun and the heaven are under your shadow
If this sky and sun go, let them go; you don’t go away
O thou, whose toughest words are more lenient than a fine nature
If the purity of this poetic gift goes, you don’t go away
You don’t go, or take my soul with you;
Otherwise you don’t go away
With you, every part of the world is garden or flower bed
In the autumn, if the splendour of gardens goes, you don’t go away
Don’t show me your separation; your separation is cruel
O thou, that stone of Badakhshan are ruby for you, you don’t go away
Who is a particle to tell the sun “you don’t go away!”?
Who is a slave to tell the king “you don’t go away!”?
But you are the water of life and all creatures are fish
It is your kindness and mercy; you don’t go away
The sheet of my heart, as long as the eternity
Written from top to bottom: YOU DON’T GO AWAY

By Rumi - translated by Asef Fekrat