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

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

Offer me the profession of the (Moslem) Faith, for I regard you as the exalted one of the time.”

عرضه کن بر من شهادت را که من ** مر ترا دیدم سرافراز زمن‌‌

Near fifty persons of his kindred and tribe lovingly turned their faces towards the Religion (of Islam).

قرب پنجه کس ز خویش و قوم او ** عاشقانه سوی دین کردند رو

By the sword of clemency he ('Ali) redeemed so many throats and such a multitude from the sword.

او به تیغ حلم چندین حلق را ** وا خرید از تیغ و چندین خلق را

The sword of clemency is sharper than the sword of iron; nay, it is more productive of victory than a hundred armies.

تیغ حلم از تیغ آهن تیزتر ** بل ز صد لشکر ظفر انگیزتر

Oh, alas, two mouthfuls were eaten, and thereby the ferment of thought was frozen up. 3990

ای دریغا لقمه‌‌ای دو خورده شد ** جوشش فکرت از آن افسرده شد

A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of Adam, as the descending node is (the cause of) eclipse to the brilliance of the full-moon.

گندمی خورشید آدم را کسوف ** چون ذنب شعشاع بدری را خسوف‌‌