The mature ones are a sea. <br />A lover is needed to take the plunge, <br />a diver to bring up a pearl. <br /> <br />When you have brought <br />the pearl to the surface, <br />a jeweler is needed to know its worth. <br /> <br />Stay on the road until you arrive. <br />Be speechless. Don't become a salesman. <br />Find an 'Ali to follow. <br /> <br />Muhammed knew Truth in himself. <br />Truth is present everywhere. <br />You only need eyes to see it. <br /> <br />Ask your daily sustenance from Truth, <br />the only Apportioner. Find someone <br />who is master of his ego. <br /> <br />The lovers asked me to sing. <br />Someone without greed is needed <br />to complete what is started. <br /> <br />Sufi, who are you kidding? <br />Can anyone but Truth <br />satisfy a human need? <br /> <br />Truth's place is in the heart. <br />There is a verse in the Quran-In soul <br />love has a tower higher than the throne of Creation. <br /> <br />I've gone crazy on this Way. <br />I can't tell day from night. <br />The arrow of Love has pierced my heart. <br /> <br />Come, poor Yuns, come, <br />hold the hands of the mature. <br />In their humility is a cure.<br /><br />Yunus Emre<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-mature-ones-are-a-sea/
