[Sunlight] Show mercy on the weak

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Weep like the waterwheel,
that green herbs may spring up
from the courtyard of your soul.
if you wish for tears,
have mercy on one who sheds tears;
if you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

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Bâsh chon dulâb nâlân-e chashm-tar
tâ ze sahn-e jânat ruyad khozar
Ashk khvâhi rahm kon bar ashkbâr
rahm khvâhi bar za`ifân rahm âr

-- Mathnawi I:821-822
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra


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[Sunlight] Show mercy on the weak