M6:1246 — نه زبان نه گوش نه عقل و بصر / نه هش و نه بیهشی و نه فکر

This beyt is part of a longer description of an 'old hag' (عجوز) who represents a state of utter spiritual barrenness and uselessness. Rumi is not describing a literal old woman but rather a metaphorical condition or a personification of something utterly devoid of life, meaning, or potential. The preceding couplets have already established her lack of wealth, status, receptivity, and ability to give or receive joy. This specific beyt extends that description to her internal faculties: she possesses no 'tongue' (ability to speak or express), no 'ear' (ability to hear or understand), no 'intellect' (عقل) or 'sight' (بصر). Furthermore, she lacks 'awareness' (هش), 'unconsciousness' (بیهشی – implying no inner life even in sleep or trance), and 'thought' (فکر). The repeated 'no' (نه) creates a powerful litany of negation, underscoring a complete absence of any capacity that would make a being alive, engaged, or capable of spiritual development. She is a void, a husk, utterly without inner or outer function.