Rumi's Masnavi - It bursts asunder both imposture (daghal) and armpit (baghal); in its presence neither madness nor (soundness of) understanding remains.”

It bursts asunder both imposture (daghal) and armpit (baghal); in its presence neither madness nor (soundness of) understanding remains.”

هم دغل را هم بغل را بر درد ** نه جنون ماند به پیشش نه خرد

He (the Prophet) said, “When thou layest one finger on an eye, thou seest the world empty of the sun. 3555

گفت یک اصبع چو بر چشمی نهی ** بیند از خورشید عالم را تهی‌‌

One finger-tip becomes a veil over the moon—and this is a symbol of the King's covering—

یک سر انگشت پرده‌‌ی ماه شد ** وین نشان ساتری الله شد

So that the (whole) world may be covered (hidden from view) by a single point, and the sun be eclipsed by a splinter.”

تا بپوشاند جهان را نقطه‌‌ای ** مهر گردد منکسف از سقطه‌‌ای‌‌

Close thy lips and gaze on the depth of the sea (within thee): God made the sea subject to man,

لب ببند و غور دریایی نگر ** بحر را حق کرد محکوم بشر

Even as the fountains of Salsabíl and Zanjabíl are under the control of the exalted ones of Paradise.

همچو چشمه‌‌ی سلسبیل و زنجبیل ** هست در حکم بهشتی جلیل‌‌

The four rivers of Paradise are under our control; this is not (by) our might, ’tis (by) the command of God: 3560

چار جوی جنت اندر حکم ماست ** این نه زور ما ز فرمان خداست‌‌

We keep them flowing wheresoever we will, like magic (which takes its course) according to the desire of the magicians,

هر کجا خواهیم داریمش روان ** همچو سحر اندر مراد ساحران‌‌

Just as these two flowing eye-fountains (the two eyes) are under the control of the heart and subject to the command of the spirit.

همچو این دو چشمه‌‌ی چشم روان ** هست در حکم دل و فرمان جان‌‌

If it (the heart) will, they turn towards poison and the snake, and if it will, they turn to (edifying) consideration.

گر بخواهد رفت سوی زهر و مار ** ور بخواهد رفت سوی اعتبار