Rumi's Masnavi - On waking at the Resurrection, there is put into the hands of a (wicked) man the scroll of his sins: (it will be) black,

On waking at the Resurrection, there is put into the hands of a (wicked) man the scroll of his sins: (it will be) black,

آن یکی را در قیامت ز انتباه ** در کف آید نامه‌ی عصیان سیاه

Headed with black, as letters of mourning; the body and margin of the scroll completely filled with (his) sins—

سرسیه چون نامه‌های تعزیه ** پر معاصی متن نامه و حاشیه

The whole (of it) wickedness and sin from end to end, full of infidelity, like the land of war.

جمله فسق و معصیت بد یک سری ** هم‌چو دارالحرب پر از کافری

Such a foul and noxious scroll does not come into the right hand; it comes into the left hand.

آنچنان نامه‌ی پلید پر وبال ** در یمین ناید درآید در شمال

Here also (in this world) regard your scroll (the record of your actions), (and consider) whether it fits the left hand or the right. 2155

خود همین‌جا نامه‌ی خود را ببین ** دست چپ را شاید آن یا در یمین

In the (bootmaker's) shop, can you know before trying (them) on that the left boot or shoe belongs to the left (foot)?

موزه‌ی چپ کفش چپ هم در دکان ** آن چپ دانیش پیش از امتحان

When you are not “right,” know that you are “left”; the cries of a lion and an ape are distinct (from one another).

چون نباشی راست می‌دان که چپی ** هست پیدا نعره‌ی شیر و کپی

He (God) who makes the rose lovely and sweet-scented—His bounty makes every “left” to be “right.”

آنک گل را شاهد و خوش‌بو کند ** هر چپی را راست فضل او کند

He bestows “rightness” on every one belonging to the “left” He bestows a(fresh) running water on the (salt) sea.

هر شمالی را یمینی او دهد ** بحر را ماء معینی او دهد

If you are “left,” be “right” (in perfect harmony) with His Lordship, that you may see His mercies prevail (over His wrath). 2160

گر چپی با حضرت او راست باش ** تا ببینی دست‌برد لطفهاش