Rumi's Masnavi - Through the working of the Jealous One, they (the mystics) behold the beauty of God in the faces of the houris, like the moon (reflected) in water.

Through the working of the Jealous One, they (the mystics) behold the beauty of God in the faces of the houris, like the moon (reflected) in water.

حسن حق بینند اندر روی حور ** هم‌چو مه در آب از صنع غیور

His jealousy is (directed) against a lover and sincere (adorer); His jealousy is not (directed) against a (human) devil and beast;

غیرتش بر عاشقی و صادقیست ** غیرتش بر دیو و بر استور نیست

(But) if the devil become a lover (of God), he has carried off the palm: he has become a Gabriel and his devilish nature is dead.

دیو اگر عاشق شود هم گوی برد ** جبرئیلی گشت و آن دیوی بمرد

(The meaning of) ‘the Devil became a true believer’ is made manifest on the occasion when by His (God's) grace a Yazíd becomes a Báyazíd.

اسلم الشیطان آنجا شد پدید ** که یزیدی شد ز فضلش بایزید

This topic is endless. Beware, O company (of travellers), keep your faces (safe) from that fortress! 3650

این سخن پایان ندارد ای گروه ** هین نگه دارید زان قلعه وجوه

Oh, let not vain desire waylay you, or ye will fall into everlasting misery.

هین مبادا که هوستان ره زند ** که فتید اندر شقاوت تا ابد

’Tis a bounden duty to abstain from peril: hear disinterested advice from me.

از خطر پرهیز آمد مفترض ** بشنوید از من حدیث بی‌غرض

In seeking relief (from sorrow) ’tis better that one's wits should be sharp: ’tis better to abstain from (falling into) the ambuscade of tribulation.”

در فرج جویی خرد سر تیز به ** از کمین‌گاه بلا پرهیز به

If their father had not spoken these words and had not warned them against that fortress,

گر نمی‌گفت این سخن را آن پدر ** ور نمی‌فرمود زان قلعه حذر

Their party would never have approached the fortress, their desire would never have inclined towards it; 3655

خود بدان قلعه نمی‌شد خیلشان ** خود نمی‌افتاد آن سو میلشان