Now You Must Seek Nothing But The Source
Beloved has created
your wings not to be dormant
as long as you are alive
you must try more and more
to use your wings to show you’re alive
these wings of yours
are filled with quests and hopes
if they are not used
they will wither away
they will soon decay
you may not like
what i’m going to tell you
you are stuck
now you must seek
nothing but the source
~ Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi Rumi
from Rumi: Fountain of Fire,
Translated by Nader Khalili
Art by Elizabeth Gibbons
