Pearls of Wisdom from Mawlana

poem by Mavlana Jalaludin Balkhi (Rumi) Tajik

Come, come no matter you are
with you are a polytheist, fire-worship or idolater
our dervish convent is not the assembly of hopelessness
come, even though you are broken
you repentance one hundred time

the one who seeks perfect is alone in the end
one candle loses nothing if its light, kindling another
supplication and worship is to be with Allah
For someone who is with Allah
Death is pleasant as life

the idea is that which opens a path
the paths is that which leads to the truth
that the rose endured thorns has made it smell nice

Act like the sun in love and compassion
Act like a river friendship and fraternity
Act like the night in covering the faults of others
Act like the soil in humility and selflessness
Act like the dead one on anger and fury
Act in accordance like the way you act

whoever has beauty must know that it is borrowed
what is benefit of gold?
What is the meaning of soul?
What are the pearl and coral worth?
unless they are spent fort he sake of love and sacrificed to a sweet heart

Supplication and worship is to be with Allah
For someone who is with Allah
death is pleasant as a life

You may reach the highest station
yet the fear of losing it will kill you
how beautiful it is to migrate a way from a former land everyday!
how lovely it is to perch on a different branch everyday!
how nice it is to keep flowing uncontaminated, unfrozen!

Alls the word of yesterday vanished with the passing day
O.... my soul
Now time to tell something new a fresh