Masnavi II, 1529-30
Through love all that is bitter will be
sweet.
Through Love all that is copper will be
gold.
Through Love all dregs will turn to purest
wine.
Through Love all pain will turn to
medicine.
Through Love the dead will all become
alive.
Through Love the king will turn into a
slave!
"Look! This is Love - Poems of Rumi"
Annemarie Schimmel, Shambhala, 1991
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