[Sunlight] "Make glorification of God your sustenance"

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Though Light is the food of the spirit and spiritual vision,
the body also partakes of it.
If your belly is greedy, turn away from the world;
the only way is to change what you eat.
You whose heart is sick, turn to the remedy:
the entire diet is a change of attitude.
You who are kept in pawn to food,
you can be free if you suffer yourself to be weaned.
Truly in hunger there is abundant nourishment:
search after it diligently
and cherish the hope of finding it.
Feed on the Light, be like the eye,
be in harmony with the angels, O best of humankind.
Like the Angel, make glorification of God your sustenance.

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Garcheh ân mat`um-e jânast o nazar
jesm-râ ham ze ân nasib ast ay pesar
Yâ haris al-butun `arjun hâkadhâ
innamâ al-minhâj tabdil al-ghadhâ
Yâ marid al-qalbi `urija lil-`ilâj
jumlat al-tadbir tabdil al-mizâj
Innahâ al-mahbusu fi rahn al-ta`âm
sawfa tanju in tahammalta al-fitân
Inna fi al-ju` ta`âman wâfirâ
iftaqid'hâ wa-rtaj yâ nâfirâ
Ightadhi bi-al-nur kun mithla al-basar
wâfiq al-amlâk yâ khayr al-bashar
Chon malak tasbih-e Haqq-râ kon ghezâ
tâ rahi hamchon malâyek az azâ

-- Mathnawi V:288; 293-298
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
(Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra)

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[Sunlight] "Make glorification of God your sustenance"