Rumi's Masnavi - The speech of water, the speech of earth, and the speech of mud are apprehended by the senses of them that have hearts (the mystics).

The speech of water, the speech of earth, and the speech of mud are apprehended by the senses of them that have hearts (the mystics).

نطق آب و نطق خاک و نطق گل ** هست محسوس حواس اهل دل‌‌

The philosopher who disbelieves in the moaning pillar is a stranger to the senses of the saints. 3280

فلسفی کاو منکر حنانه است ** از حواس اولیا بیگانه است‌‌

He says that the beam (influence) of melancholia brings many phantasies into people's minds.

گوید او که پرتو سودای خلق ** بس خیالات آورد در رای خلق‌‌

Nay, but the reflexion of his wickedness and infidelity cast this idle fancy of scepticism upon him.

بلکه عکس آن فساد و کفر او ** این خیال منکری را زد بر او

The philosopher comes to deny the existence of the Devil, and at the same time he is possessed by a devil.

فلسفی مر دیو را منکر شود ** در همان دم سخره‌‌ی دیوی بود

If thou hast not seen the Devil, behold thyself: without diabolic possession there is no blueness in the forehead.

گر ندیدی دیو را خود را ببین ** بی‌‌جنون نبود کبودی بر جبین‌‌

Whosoever hath doubt and perplexity in his heart, he in this world is a secret philosopher. 3285

هر که را در دل شک و پیچانی است ** در جهان او فلسفی پنهانی است‌‌

He is professing firm belief, but some time or other that philosophical vein will blacken his face (bring him to shame).

می‌‌نماید اعتقاد و گاه گاه ** آن رگ فلسف کند رویش سیاه‌‌

Take care, O ye Faithful! for that (vein) is in you: in you is many an infinite world.

الحذر ای مومنان کان در شماست ** در شما بس عالم بی‌‌منتهاست‌‌

In thee are all the two-and-seventy sects: woe (to thee) if one day they gain the upper hand over thee.

جمله هفتاد و دو ملت در تو است ** وه که روزی آن بر آرد از تو دست‌‌