Rumi's Masnavi - In my dream I saw the wakeful Khwája, who gave up his life for vision (of God).

In my dream I saw the wakeful Khwája, who gave up his life for vision (of God).

In my dream I saw the Khwája, the giver of things desired, (who was) one man like (equal to) a thousand if any (grave) affair happened.”

Drunken and beside himself, he continued to recount in this fashion till intoxication bereft him of reason and consciousness. 3565

He fell (and lay) at full length in the middle of the room: a crowd of people gathered round him.

(When) he came to himself, he said, “O Sea of bliss, O Thou who hast stored (transcendental) forms of consciousness in unconsciousness,

Thou hast stored a wakefulness in sleep, Thou hast fastened (attached) a dominion over the heart to the state of one who has lost his heart.

Thou dost conceal riches in the lowliness of poverty, Thou dost fasten the necklace of wealth to the iron collar of poverty.”

Contrary is secretly enclosed in contrary: fire is enclosed in boiling water. 3570

A (delightful) garden is enclosed in Nimrod's fire: revenues grow from giving and spending;

So that Mustafá (Mohammed), the King of prosperity, has said, “O possessors of wealth, munificence is a gainful trade.”