[Sunlight] Manifesting Prayer

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Abandon the dry prayer of words,
for the tree presupposes the scattering of seeds.
Yet even if you have no seed, due to your prayer,
God will bestow upon you a palm tree
saying, "How well did he labor!"
Like Mary—she had heartfelt pain, but no seed:
an artful One made that withered palm tree green for her sake.
Because that noble Lady was loyal to God,
God fulfilled a hundred desires without desire on her part.

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Pas do`â-ye khoshk hel ay nikbakht
keh fashânad dâneh mi khvâhad derakht
Gar na-dâri dâneh Izad zân do`â
bakhshadet nakhli keh "ni`m mâ sa`â"
Hamcho Maryam dard budesh dâneh ni
sabz kard ân nakhl-râ Sâheb-e fanni
Zânke vâfi bovad ân khâtun-e râdd
bi morâdesh dâd Yazdân sad morâd

-- Mathnawi V: 1188-1191
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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