Rumi's Masnavi - When thou didst spit in my face, my fleshly self was aroused and my good disposition was corrupted.

When thou didst spit in my face, my fleshly self was aroused and my good disposition was corrupted.

چون خدو انداختی در روی من ** نفس جنبید و تبه شد خوی من‌‌

Half (of my fighting) came to be for God's sake, and half (for) idle passion: in God’s affair partnership’ is not allowable.

نیم بهر حق شد و نیمی هوا ** شرکت اندر کار حق نبود روا

Thou art limned by the hand of the Lord: thou art God's (work), thou art not made by me.

تو نگاریده‌‌ی کف مولاستی ** آن حقی کرده‌‌ی من نیستی‌‌

Break God’s image, (but only) by God’s command; cast (a stone) at the Beloved’s glass, (but only) the Beloved’s stone.”

نقش حق را هم به امر حق شکن ** بر زجاجه‌‌ی دوست سنگ دوست زن‌‌

The fire-worshipper heard this, and a light appeared in his heart, so that he cut a girdle. 3980

گبر این بشنید و نوری شد پدید ** در دل او تا که زناری برید

He said, “I was sowing the seed of wrong: I fancied thee (to be) otherwise (than thou art).

گفت من تخم جفا می‌‌کاشتم ** من ترا نوعی دگر پنداشتم‌‌

Thou hast (really) been the balance (endued) with the (just) nature of the One (God); nay, thou hast been the tongue of every balance.

تو ترازوی احد خو بوده‌‌ای ** بل زبانه‌‌ی هر ترازو بوده‌‌ای‌‌

Thou hast been my race and stock and kin, thou hast been the radiance of the candle of my religion.

تو تبار و اصل و خویشم بوده‌‌ای ** تو فروغ شمع کیشم بوده‌‌ای‌‌

I am the (devoted) slave of that eye-seeking Lamp from which thy lamp received splendour.

من غلام آن چراغ چشم جو ** که چراغت روشنی پذرفت از او

I am the slave of the the billow of that Sea of Light which brings a pearl like this into view. 3985

من غلام موج آن دریای نور ** که چنین گوهر بر آرد در ظهور