Rumi's Masnavi - 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.

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

For nightingales the garden is the proper place; for the beetle the best home is in ordure.”

بلبلان را جای می‏زیبد چمن ** مر جعل را در چمین خوشتر وطن‏

Since God has kept me pure from filth, how were it seemly to appoint a foul one for (companionship with) me?

حق مرا چون از پلیدی پاک داشت ** چون سزد بر من پلیدی را گماشت‏

I had (in me) a vein of them (of their nature). He (God) cut it out: how (then) will he with the vein of evil attain unto me?

یک رگم ز ایشان بد و آن را برید ** در من آن بد رگ کجا خواهد رسید

One mark of Adam from eternity was this, that the angels should lay their heads (on the ground) before him, because it was his place (proper to his dignity).

یک نشان آدم آن بود از ازل ** که ملایک سر نهندش از محل‏