Rumi's Masnavi - That thou mayst behold thy beauteous face therein, O thou who, like the sun, art the candle of heaven.

That thou mayst behold thy beauteous face therein, O thou who, like the sun, art the candle of heaven.

تا ببینی روی خوب خود در آن ** ای تو چون خورشید شمع آسمان‌‌

I have brought thee a mirror, O light (of mine eyes), so that when thou seest thy face thou mayst think of me.”

آینه آوردمت ای روشنی ** تا چو بینی روی خود یادم کنی‌‌

He drew forth the mirror from beneath his arm: the fair one's business is with a mirror. 3200

آینه بیرون کشید او از بغل ** خوب را آیینه باشد مشتغل‌‌

What is the mirror of Being? Not-being. Bring not-being (as your gift), if you are not a fool.

آینه‌‌ی هستی چه باشد نیستی ** نیستی بر گر تو ابله نیستی‌‌

Being can be seen (only) in not-being: the rich bestow (exhibit) generosity on the poor.

هستی اندر نیستی بتوان نمود ** مال داران بر فقیر آرند جود

The clear mirror of bread is truly the hungry man; tinder, likewise, is the mirror of that (the stick or flint) from which fire is struck.

آینه‌‌ی صافی نان خود گرسنه ست ** سوخته هم آینه‌‌ی آتش زنه ست‌‌

Not-being and defect, wherever they arise (appear), are the mirror which displays the excellence of all crafts.

نیستی و نقص هر جایی که خاست ** آینه‌‌ی خوبی جمله‌‌ی پیشه‌‌هاست‌‌

When a garment is neat and well-stitched, how should it enable the tailor to exhibit his skill? 3205

چون که جامه چست و دوزیده بود ** مظهر فرهنگ درزی چون شود

Trunks of trees must be unhewn in order that the woodcutter may fashion the stem or the branches (and thus exercise his craft).

ناتراشیده همی‌‌باید جذوع ** تا دروگر اصل سازد یا فروع‌‌

The doctor who sets broken bones goes to the place where the person with the fractured leg is.

خواجه‌‌ی اشکسته بند آن جا رود ** که در آن جا پای اشکسته بود