Thirsty and craving

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When the listener has become thirsty and craving,
the preacher, even if he is as good as dead,
becomes eloquent.
When the hearer is fresh and without fatigue,
the drunk and mute will find
a hundred tongues to speak.

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Mostame` chon tashneh va juyandeh shod
vâ`ez ar mordeh bovad guyandeh shod
mostame` chon tâzeh âmad bi malâl
sad zabân gardad be-goftan gong va lâl

-- Mathnawi I: 2379-2380
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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Thirsty and craving