Rumi's Masnavi - It is (sweet as) candy for one and (bitter) as poison for another: it is (beautiful as) mercy for one and (terrible) as wrath for another.

It is (sweet as) candy for one and (bitter) as poison for another: it is (beautiful as) mercy for one and (terrible) as wrath for another.

بر یکی قندست و بر دیگر چو زهر ** بر یکی لطفست و بر دیگر چو قهر

Every inanimate thing tells a tale to the Prophet: the Ka‘ba testifies to the pilgrim and is eloquent (on his behalf).

هر جمادی با نبی افسانه‌گو ** کعبه با حاجی گواه و نطق‌خو

The mosque, too, bears witness to him who performs the ritual prayer, saying, “He came a long way to (visit) me.” 4290

بر مصلی مسجد آمد هم گواه ** کو همی‌آمد به من از دور راه

The fire is (like) flowers and sweet basils and roses to (one like) Khalíl (Abraham); to those like Nimrod, on the contrary, it is death and anguish.

با خلیل آتش گل و ریحان و ورد ** باز بر نمرودیان مرگست و درد

We have said this many a time, O Hasan: I will never be weary of setting it forth.

بارها گفتیم این را ای حسن ** می‌نگردم از بیانش سیر من

Many a time have you eaten bread to prevent (yourself from) getting thin: ’tis the same bread: why are not you surfeited?

بارها خوردی تو نان دفع ذبول ** این همان نانست چون نبوی ملول

(Because), in normal health, a new hunger comes to you, by which indigestion and satiety are consumed.

در تو جوعی می‌رسد تو ز اعتلال ** که همی‌سوزد ازو تخمه و ملال

When one actually feels the pangs of hunger, a (sense of) refreshment is associated with every part (of the body). 4295

هرکه را درد مجاعت نقد شد ** نو شدن با جزو جزوش عقد شد

The pleasure (of eating) is (derived) from hunger, not from new dessert (viands): hunger makes barley-bread more delicious than sugar.

لذت از جوعست نه از نقل نو ** با مجاعت از شکر به نان جو

That weariness, then, is caused by lack of hunger (ardour) and complete (spiritual) indigestion, not by repetition of the discourse.

پس ز بی‌جوعیست وز تخمه‌ی تمام ** آن ملالت نه ز تکرار کلام