[Sunlight] When self-interest appears, virtue hides

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Anger and lust make a man squint;
they cloud the spirit so it strays from truth.
When self-interest appears, virtue hides:
a hundred veils rise between the heart and the eye.

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Chashm o shahvat mard-râ ahval kunad
ze esteqâmat ruh-râ mobdel konad
Chon gharaz âmad honar pushideh shod
sad hejâb az del be-su-ye dideh shod

-- Mathnawi I: 333-334
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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[Sunlight] When self-interest appears, virtue hides