Rumi's Masnavi - In particular, (how should) a royal falcon, which is of the highest heaven, (consort) with an owl, which is of the low earth?

In particular, (how should) a royal falcon, which is of the highest heaven, (consort) with an owl, which is of the low earth?

خاصه شهبازی که او عرشی بود ** با یکی جغدی که او فرشی بود

That one is the sun of ‘Illiyyún, while the other is a bat which belongs to Sijjín.

آن یکی خورشید علیین بود ** وین دگر خفاش کز سجین بود

That one is a luminary, free from every defect, while this (other) one is a blind man begging at every door.

آن یکی نوری ز هر عیبی بری ** وین یکی کوری گدای هر دری‏

That one is a moon that strikes (its beams) upon the Pleiades, while this (other) one is a worm that lives in dung.

آن یکی ماهی که بر پروین زند ** وین یکی کرمی که در سرگین زید

That one has the face of a Joseph, the breath of a Jesus, while this (other) one is a wolf or an ass with a bell. 2110

آن یکی یوسف رخی عیسی نفس ** وین یکی گرگی و یا خر با جرس‏

That one has flown to Spacelessness, while this (other) one is in the straw-barn, like the dogs.

آن یکی پران شده در لا مکان ** وین یکی در کاهدان همچون سگان‏

With the tongue of (unspoken) meaning the rose is saying to the beetle this—“O stinking (creature),

با زبان معنوی گل با جعل ** این همی‏گوید که ای گنده بغل‏

If thou art fleeing from the rose-bed, doubtless that aversion (shown by thee) is (a sign of) the perfection of the rose-garden.

گر گریزانی ز گلشن بی‏گمان ** هست آن نفرت کمال گلستان‏

My jealousy (sense of dignity) smites thee on the head with a baton, (warning thee to) keep far away from here, O vile one;

غیرت من بر سر تو دور باش ** می‏زند کای خس از اینجا دور باش‏

For if, base wretch, thou shouldst mix with me, it will be thought that thou art of my stock. 2115

ور بیامیزی تو با من ای دنی ** این گمان آید که از کان منی‏