The hidden treasure burst from its fullness; it made the earth brighter than the heavens.
گنج مخفی بُد ز پُری چاک کرد / خاک را تابانتر از افلاک کرد
Genc-i mahfî bud zi pürî çâk kerd / Hâk râ tâbân-ter ez eflâk kerd
Rumi, Masnavi, Book I, the section "The caliph accepts the gift" (couplet 2870 in the Ganjoor text).
A person mostly looks outward.
He seeks wealth, power, success.
But treasure cannot stay hidden.
It fills, it overflows, it splits its vessel.
That is why the earth shines.
Before the heavens,
the ground beneath your feet.
Man, too, is of earth.
That is why looking within is hard.
The crack begins there.
What breaks the vessel is what lies inside.