In form you are the microcosm;
in reality you are the macrocosm.

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Pas beh surat `âlam-e asghar tuyi
pas beh ma`nâ `âlam-e akbar tuyi

-- Mathnawi IV: 521
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra