if you can't go to sleep my dear soul for tonight what do you think will happen
if you pass your night and merge it with dawn for the sake of heart what do you think will happen
if the entire world is covered with the blossoms you have labored to plant what do you think will happen
if the elixir of life that has been hidden in the dark fills the desert and towns what do you think will happen
if because of your generosity and love a few humans find their lives what do you think will happen
if you pour an entire jar filled with joyous wine on the head of those already drunk what do you think will happen
go my friend bestow your love even on your enemies if you touch their hearts what do you think will happen
------------------ ------------------ Rumi: Fountain of Fire, A Celebration of Life and Love, CalEarth Press, 1994 translated from the Persian by Nader Khalili.