There is no rest in residence for a person of culture and intellect, <br />so travel and leave where you're residing! <br />Travel! You will find a replacement for what you have left. <br />And strive! The sweetness of life is in striving! <br />I've seen that water stagnates if still becomes pure if it runs, <br />but not if it doesn't flow If the lion doesn't leave his den he cannot hunt, <br />and the arrow will not strike without leaving its bow <br />If the sun stood still in its heavenly course <br />then people, Arab and non-Arab,it would bore <br />Gold dust is as the earth where commonly found, <br />and in its land, oud is but another wood in store <br />If one travels, he becomes sought out <br />If one travels , he is honored like gold.<br /><br />Muhammad ibn Idris Al Shafii<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-call-to-travel/
