Rumi's Masnavi - And then, (when) the water and clay (of the wall) are left without that ornament, the wall, (being) moonless, becomes (hideous) as a devil.

And then, (when) the water and clay (of the wall) are left without that ornament, the wall, (being) moonless, becomes (hideous) as a devil.

پس بماند آب و گل بی آن نگار ** گردد آن دیوار بی مه دیووار

When the gold flies from the surface of the base coin, that gold returns to its (original) mine and settles (there);

قلب را که زر ز روی او بجست ** بازگشت آن زر بکان خود نشست

Then the shamefully exposed copper is left (looking black) like smoke, and its lover is left looking blacker than it.

پس مس رسوا بماند دود وش ** زو سیه‌روتر بماند عاشقش

(But) the love of them that have (spiritual) insight is (fixed) on the gold-mine; necessarily it is (grows) greater every day,

عشق بینایان بود بر کان زر ** لاجرم هر روز باشد بیشتر

Because the mine hath no partner in aureity. Hail, O Gold-mine (of Reality), Thou concerning whom there is no doubt! 980

زانک کان را در زری نبود شریک ** مرحبا ای کان زر لاشک فیک

If any one let a base coin become a sharer with the Mine (in his affection), the gold goes back to the Mine (which is) beyond locality,

هر که قلبی را کند انباز کان ** وا رود زر تا بکان لامکان

(And then) the lover and his beloved are dead (left to die) in agony: the fish is left (writhing), the water is gone from the whirlpool.

عاشق و معشوق مرده ز اضطراب ** مانده ماهی رفته زان گرداب آب

The Divine Love is the Sun of perfection: the (Divine) Word is its light, the creatures are as shadows.

عشق ربانیست خورشید کمال ** امر نور اوست خلقان چون ظلال

When Mustafá (Mohammed) expanded with joy on (hearing) this story, his (the Siddíq's) desire to speak (of Bilál) increased also.

مصطفی زین قصه چون خوش برشکفت ** رغبت افزون گشت او را هم بگفت

Since he found a hearer like Mustafá, every hair of him became a separate tongue. 985

مستمع چون یافت هم‌چون مصطفی ** هر سر مویش زبانی شد جدا