Rumi's Masnavi - Since you have perceived the dust, namely, the form, perceive the wind; since you have perceived the foam, perceive the ocean of Creative Energy.

Since you have perceived the dust, namely, the form, perceive the wind; since you have perceived the foam, perceive the ocean of Creative Energy. 1460

چون غبار نقش دیدی باد بین ** کف چو دیدی قلزم ایجاد بین

Come, perceive (it), for insight (is the only thing) in you (that) avails: the rest of you is a piece of fat and flesh, a weft and warp (of bones, muscles, etc.).

هین ببین کز تو نظر آید به کار ** باقیت شحمی و لحمی پود و تار

Your fat never increased the light in candles, your flesh never became roast-meat for any one drunken with (spiritual) wine.

شحم تو در شمعها نفزود تاب ** لحم تو مخمور را نامد کباب

Dissolve the whole of this body of yours in vision: pass into sight, pass into sight, into sight!

در گداز این جمله تن را در بصر ** در نظر رو در نظر رو در نظر

One sight perceives (only) two yards of the road; another sight has beheld the two worlds and the Face of the King.

یک نظر دو گز همی‌بیند ز راه ** یک نظر دو کون دید و روی شاه

Between these twain there is an incalculable difference: seek the collyrium—and God best knoweth the things occult. 1465

در میان این دو فرقی بی‌شمار ** سرمه جو والله اعلم بالسرار

Since you have heard the description of the sea of non-existence, continually endeavour to stand (depend) upon this sea.

چون شنیدی شرح بحر نیستی ** کوش دایم تا برین بحر ایستی

Inasmuch as the foundation of the workshop is that non-existence which is void and traceless and empty,

چونک اصل کارگاه آن نیستیست ** که خلا و بی‌نشانست و تهیست

(And inasmuch as) all master-craftsmen seek non-existence and a place of breakage for the purpose of exhibiting their skill,

جمله استادان پی اظهار کار ** نیستی جویند و جای انکسار

Necessarily the Lord (who is) the Master of (all) masters— His workshop is non-existence and naught.

لاجرم استاد استادان صمد ** کارگاهش نیستی و لا بود