[Sunlight] How ?an you be silent?

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These sayings of mine are really a call to God,
words to lure the breath of that sweet One.
How can you be silent? How can you fail to call,
knowing He always answers, "Here I am—"
that silent answer you feel from head to toe.

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in sokhan-hâ khvod be-ma`nâ yâ Rabbist
harf-hâ dâm dar shirin-e labist
Chon konad taqsir pas chon tan zanad
chon labbaykesh be-yâ Rabb mi rasad
Hast labbayki keh na-tavâni shanid
layk sar tâ pây be-tavâni chashid

-- Mathnawi II:1189-1191
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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[Sunlight] How ?an you be silent?