If thou seekest gold,
To this thy life is sold;
If thy greed be bread,
By that thy soul is led.
Learn this subtlety:
Let it be known to thee,
Whatsoe’er thy heart
Is set on, that thou are.
~Rumi
Translated by A. J. Arberry
If thou seekest gold,
To this thy life is sold;
If thy greed be bread,
By that thy soul is led.
Learn this subtlety:
Let it be known to thee,
Whatsoe’er thy heart
Is set on, that thou are.
~Rumi
Translated by A. J. Arberry