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Value Of Your Soul?
by Rumi
You know the value of every article of merchandise,
but if you don't know the value of your own soul,
it's all foolishness.
You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars,
but you don't know whether you yourself
are fortunate or lucky.
This, this is the essence of all sciences-
that you should know who you will be
when the Day of Reckoning arrives.
Qimat-e har kâleh mi dâni keh chist
qimat-e khvod-râ na-dâni ahmaqist
Sa`d-hâ va nahs-hâ dânesteh-'i
na-negari to sa`di yâ nâ-shosteh-'i
Jân-e jomleh-ye `elm-hâ inast in
keh be-dâni man kiam dar Yawm-e Din
Mathnawi III: 2653-2654
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"
Threshold Books, 1996
(Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra)
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