who else but you please tell me who else can ever take your place now give yourself a smile what is the worth of a diamond if it doesn’t smile how can i ever put a price on the diamond that you are you are the entire treasure of the house –Rumi

[from Ghazal 2148, from the Diwan-e Shams Poetic translation by Nader Khalili “Rumi, Fountain of Fire” Cal-Earth Press, 1994]