Rumi

A sun hidden in a single mote; suddenly that mote opens its mouth.

آفتابی در یکی ذره نهان / ناگهان آن ذره بگشاید دهان

Âftâbî der yekî zerre nihân / Nâgehân ân zerre begşâyed dehân

Rumi, Masnavi, Book VI, the section "Juhi's wife returns to the judge" (couplet 4577 in the Ganjoor text).

Not in some great being,
but in the smallest mote the sun lies hidden.

Treasure is not the monopoly of the great.

Then the unexpected happens.
The mote opens its mouth.
What was hidden appears in an instant.

If a person can look with this eye,
nothing ordinary remains.
A stone, a leaf, a handful of earth.

All are silent.
All are waiting.

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