Rumi's Masnavi - He (the fool) sees (what he thinks is) candy: it is, in sooth, deadly poison; he sees (what he thinks is) the road: it is, in sooth, the cry of the ghoul (luring him to destruction).

He (the fool) sees (what he thinks is) candy: it is, in sooth, deadly poison; he sees (what he thinks is) the road: it is, in sooth, the cry of the ghoul (luring him to destruction). 2310

قند بیند خود شود زهر قتول ** راه بیند خود بود آن بانگ غول‏

O sky, in the tribulation of (these) latter days thou art revolving swiftly; pray, give (us) time (respite and relief).

ای فلک در فتنه‏ی آخر زمان ** تیز می‏گردی بده آخر زمان‏

Thou art a keen dagger to assail us; thou art a poisoned lancet to bleed us.

خنجر تیزی تو اندر قصد ما ** نیش زهر آلوده‏ای در فصد ما

O sky, learn mercy from the Mercy of God: do not, like a snake, inflict wounds on the hearts of ants.

ای فلک از رحم حق آموز رحم ** بر دل موران مزن چون مار زخم‏

By the truth of Him who hath set the wheel of thy sphere turning above this (earthly) abode,

حق آن که چرخه‏ی چرخ ترا ** کرد گردان بر فراز این سرا

(We beseech thee to) revolve in another wise and show mercy, ere thou uproot us. 2315

که دگرگون گردی و رحمت کنی ** پیش از آن که بیخ ما را بر کنی‏

(We beseech thee by) the truth of thy having fostered us at first, so that our (young) shoot grew up from (the nurture given by) water and earth;

حق آن که دایگی کردی نخست ** تا نهال ما ز آب و خاک رست‏

By the truth of that King who created thee pure and displayed so many cressets in thee,

حق آن شه که ترا صاف آفرید ** کرد چندان مشعله در تو پدید

Who hath kept thee so flourishing and lasting that the materialist hath thought thee (existent) from eternity.

آن چنان معمور و باقی داشتت ** تا که دهری از ازل پنداشتت‏

Thanks (to God), we have come to know thy beginning: the prophets have told that secret of thine.

شکر دانستیم آغاز ترا ** انبیا گفتند آن راز ترا