every moment a voice out of this world calls on our soul to wake up and rise this soul of ours is like a flame with more smoke than light blackening our vision letting no light through lessen the smoke and more light brightens your house the house you dwell in now and the abode you’ll eventually move to now my precious soul how long are you going to waste yourself in this wandering journey can’t you hear the voice can’t you use your swifter wings and answer the call — Translation by Nader Khalili “Rumi, Fountain of Fire” Cal-Earth Press, 1994