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Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi - If a Tree could WanderMewlana Jalaluddin Rumi - If a Tree could Wander
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Oh, if a tree could wander     and move with foot and wings! It would not suffer the axe blows     and not the pain of saws! For would the sun not wander     away in every night ? How could at ev`ry morning     the world be lighted up? And if the ocean`s water     would not rise to the sky, How would the plants be quickened     by streams and gentle rain? The drop that left its homeland,     the sea, and then returned ? It found an oyster waiting     and grew into a pearl. Did Yusaf not leave his father,     in grief and tears and despair? Did he not, by such a journey,     gain kingdom and fortune wide? Did not the Prophet travel     to far Medina, friend? And there he found a new kingdom     and ruled a hundred lands. You lack a foot to travel?     Then journey into yourself! And like a mine of rubies     receive the sunbeams? print! Out of yourself ? such a journey     will lead you to your self, It leads to transformation     of dust into pure gold!
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