Rumi's Masnavi - Thou hast borne them away from kindred and relatives and (their own) nature, Thou hast made every fair thing foul in his (such a one's) eyes.

Thou hast borne them away from kindred and relatives and (their own) nature, Thou hast made every fair thing foul in his (such a one's) eyes.

برده‏ای از خویش و پیوند و سرشت ** کرده‏ای در چشم او هر خوب زشت‏

He spurns all that is perceived by the senses, and leans for support on that which is invisible. 700

هر چه محسوس است او رد می‏کند ** و انچه ناپیداست مسند می‏کند

His love is manifest and his Beloved is hidden: the Friend is outside (of the world), (but) His fascination is in the world.

عشق او پیدا و معشوقش نهان ** یار بیرون فتنه‏ی او در جهان‏

Give up this (belief). Loves (felt) for what is endued with form have not as their object the (outward) form or the lady's face.

این رها کن عشقهای صورتی ** نیست بر صورت نه بر روی ستی‏

That which is the object of love is not the form, whether it be love for (the things of) this world or yonder world.

آن چه معشوق است صورت نیست آن ** خواه عشق این جهان خواه آن جهان‏

That which you have come to love for its form—why have you abandoned it after the spirit has fled?

آن چه بر صورت تو عاشق گشته‏ای ** چون برون شد جان چرایش هشته‏ای‏

Its form is still there: whence (then) this satiety (disgust)? O lover, inquire who your beloved (really) is. 705

صورتش بر جاست این سیری ز چیست ** عاشقا واجو که معشوق تو کیست‏

If the beloved is that which the senses perceive, every one that has senses would be in love (with it).

آن چه محسوس است اگر معشوقه است ** عاشق استی هر که او را حس هست‏

Inasmuch as constancy is increased by that (spiritual) love, how is constancy altered (impaired) by the (decay of the material) form?

چون وفا آن عشق افزون می‏کند ** کی وفا صورت دگرگون می‏کند

The sunbeam shone upon the wall: the wall received a borrowed splendour.

پرتو خورشید بر دیوار تافت ** تابش عاریتی دیوار یافت‏