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M2:1937 — این چه یاری میکنی یکبارگیش / گوید از بهر غم و بیچارگیش
M2:1937
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This couplet explains that the spiritually heroic person helps others not for any reward or prior connection, but simply because they are moved by the suffering and vulnerability they witness.
This verse functions as a rhetorical question and answer to clarify the motivation of the “lion-man” (shīr-mard), Rumi's archetype for the Sufi saint or perfected human being. Having just described these figures as pillars of the world and physicians of hidden illnesses, Rumi imagines someone asking one of them why they would rush to help a stranger—in this case, a bear being attacked by a dragon.
The answer is the core of this section's teaching: the saint's compassion is not a calculated act. It is an immediate, spontaneous response to the sight of distress (gham) and powerlessness (bīchāregī). Just as God's mercy operates without cause or condition, so too does the mercy of God's friends. Their help is not offered in exchange for a bribe (rishwat) or for any other reason (ʿillat) than the existence of pain itself. This selfless, unconditional compassion is the defining mark of their spiritual station.
- یکبارگیش
- His suddenness; all at once. From 'yekbār' (one time) + '-gī' (forms abstract nouns) + '-sh' (his/its). Here it modifies the act of helping, emphasizing its spontaneous and unprompted nature.
- از بهر
- For the sake of; on account of. An archaic prepositional phrase common in classical Persian poetry, equivalent to the modern 'barā-ye'.
- بیچارگیش
- His helplessness; his desperation. From 'bī' (without) + 'chāre' (remedy, solution) + '-gī' (forms abstract nouns) + '-sh' (his/its).
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