[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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[Sunlight] Manifesting Prayer