Rumi's Masnavi - Anger is king over kings, and to me it is a slave: even anger I have bound under the bridle.

Anger is king over kings, and to me it is a slave: even anger I have bound under the bridle.

خشم بر شاهان شه و ما را غلام ** خشم را هم بسته‌‌ام زیر لگام‌‌

The sword of my forbearance hath smitten the neck of my anger; the anger of God hath come on me like mercy. 3800

تیغ حلمم گردن خشمم زده ست ** خشم حق بر من چو رحمت آمده ست‌‌

I am plunged in light although my roof is ruined; I have become a garden although I am (styled) Bú Turáb (the father of dust).

غرق نورم گر چه سقفم شد خراب ** روضه گشتم گر چه هستم بو تراب‌‌

Since a motive (other than God) entered (my heart) in the (holy) war, I deemed it right to sheathe my sword,

چون در آمد علتی اندر غزا ** تیغ را دیدم نهان کردن سزا

That my name may be he loves for God's sake, that my desire may be he hates for God's sake,

تا احب لله آید نام من ** تا که ابغض لله آید کام من‌‌

That my generosity may be he gives for God's sake, that my being may be he withholds for God's sake.

تا که اعطا لله آید جود من ** تا که امسک لله آید بود من‌‌

My stinginess is for God's sake, my bounty is for God's sake alone: I belong entirely to God, I do not belong to any one (else); 3805

بخل من لله عطا لله و بس ** جمله لله‌‌ام نیم من آن کس‌‌

And that which I am doing for God's sake is not (done in) conformity, it is not fancy and opinion, it is naught but intuition.

و آن چه لله می‌‌کنم تقلید نیست ** نیست تخییل و گمان جز دید نیست‌‌

I have been freed from effort and search, I have tied my sleeve to the skirt of God.

ز اجتهاد و از تحری رسته‌‌ام ** آستین بر دامن حق بسته‌‌ام‌‌

If I am flying, I behold the place to which I soar; and if I am circling, I behold the axis on which I revolve;

گر همی‌‌پرم همی‌‌بینم مطار ** ور همی‌‌گردم همی‌‌بینم مدار