[Sunlight] "The ultimate end of all hands"

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Hand is above hand, child, in skill and in strength,
up to the Essence of God.
The ultimate end of all hands is the Hand of God:
the ultimate end of all torrents is undoubtedly the sea.
From it the clouds take their origin,
and in it, too, the torrent has an end.

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Dast bar bâlâ dastast ay fatâ
dar fann o dar zur tâ Zât-e Khodâ
Montahâ-ye dast-hâ Dast-e Khodâst
bahr bi shakk montahâ-ye sayl-hâst
Ham azu girand mâyeh abr-hâ
ham bedu bâshad nehâyat-e sayl-râ

-- Mathnawi, IV:3162-3164
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance
Threshold Books, 1996
(Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra)

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[Sunlight] "The ultimate end of all hands"