Rumi's Masnavi - His anger is not (like) the anger of the man born under Mars—going upside down, and of such nature that it is (now) dominant and (now) dominated.

His anger is not (like) the anger of the man born under Mars—going upside down, and of such nature that it is (now) dominant and (now) dominated.

خشم مریخی نباشد خشم او ** منقلب رو غالب و مغلوب خو

The dominant light (of the saints) is secure from defect and dimness between the two fingers of the Light of God.

نور غالب ایمن از نقص و غسق ** در میان اصبعین نور حق‌‌

God hath scattered that light over (all) spirits, (but only) the fortunate have held up their skirts (to receive it); 760

حق فشاند آن نور را بر جانها ** مقبلان برداشته دامانها

And he (that is fortunate), having gained that strown largesse of light, has turned his face away from all except God.

و آن نثار نور را وایافته ** روی از غیر خدا بر تافته‌‌

Whosoever has lacked (such) a skirt of love is left without share in that strown largesse of light.

هر که را دامان عشقی نابده ** ز آن نثار نور بی‌‌بهره شده‌‌

The faces of particulars are set towards the universal: nightingales are in love with the face of the rose.

جزوها را رویها سوی کل است ** بلبلان را عشق با روی گل است‌‌

The ox has his colour outside, but in the case of a man seek the red and yellow hues within.

گاو را رنگ از برون و مرد را ** از درون جو رنگ سرخ و زرد را

The good colours are from the vat of purity; the colour of the wicked is from the black water of iniquity. 765

رنگهای نیک از خم صفاست ** رنگ زشتان از سیاه‌‌آبه‌‌ی جفاست‌‌

The baptism of God is the name of that subtle colour; the curse of God is the smell of this gross colour.

صبغة الله نام آن رنگ لطیف ** لعنة الله بوی این رنگ کثیف‌‌

That which is of the sea is going to the sea: it is going to the same place whence it came—

آن چه از دریا به دریا می‌‌رود ** از همانجا کامد آن جا می‌‌رود