If in the darkness of ignorance,
you don't recognize a person's true nature,
look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.
Gar to na-shenâsi kasi-râ az zalâm
be-negar u-râ kush sâzidast emâm
-- Mathnawi IV: 1640
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra
Offered From Sunlight,
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