Rumi's Masnavi - Do not you, then, whatsoever grief befall you, resentfully accuse any one: turn upon yourself.

Do not you, then, whatsoever grief befall you, resentfully accuse any one: turn upon yourself.

پس ترا هر غم که پیش آید ز درد ** بر کسی تهمت منه بر خویش گرد

Do not think evil of another, O you who gratify the desire of your friend: do not do that which that slave was meditating—

ظن مبر بر دیگری ای دوستکام ** آن مکن که می‌سگالید آن غلام

Now his quarrel (was) with the messenger and the steward, now his anger (was directed) against the generous emperor. 1915

گاه جنگش با رسول و مطبخی ** گاه خشمش با شهنشاه سخی

You are like Pharaoh, who had left Moses (alone) and was taking off the heads of the people's babes:

هم‌چو فرعونی که موسی هشته بود ** طفلکان خلق را سر می‌ربود

The enemy (Moses) was in the house of that blind-hearted man, (while) he (outside) was cutting the necks of the children.

آن عدو در خانه‌ی آن کور دل ** او شده اطفال را گردن گسل

You also are bad (malign) to others outside, while you have become complaisant to the grievous self (carnal soul) within.

تو هم از بیرون بدی با دیگران ** واندرون خوش گشته با نفس گران

It is your enemy indeed, (yet) you are giving it candy, while outside you are accusing every one.

خود عدوت اوست قندش می‌دهی ** وز برون تهمت به هر کس می‌نهی

You are like Pharaoh, blind and blind-hearted: complaisant to your enemy and treating the guiltless with ignominy. 1920

هم‌چو فرعونی تو کور و کوردل ** با عدو خوش بی‌گناهان را مذل

How long, O (imitator of) Pharaoh, will you slay the innocent and pamper your noxious body?

چند فرعونا کشی بی‌جرم را ** می‌نوازی مر تن پر غرم را

His understanding was superior to that of (other) kings: God's ordainment had made him without understanding and blind.

عقل او بر عقل شاهان می‌فزود ** حکم حق بی‌عقل و کورش کرده بود