[Sunlight] Don't be afraid of putting him to the test

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Give him milk, mother of Moses,
then cast him into the water.
Don't be afraid of putting him to the test.
Whoever drank that milk in pre-eternity*
distinguishes the true milk here,
just as Moses knew his own mother's milk.

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Shir deh ay mâdar-e Musâ varâ
v-andar âb afkan minadish az balâ
Har keh dar Ruz-e Alast* ân shir khvord
hamcho Musâ shir-râ tamyiz kard

*Qur'ân 7:172

-- Mathnawi II: 2969-2970
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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[Sunlight] Don't be afraid of putting him to the test