The time has come for us to become madmen in your chain, to <br />burst our bonds and become estranged from all; <br />To yield up our souls, no more to bear the disgrace of such a <br />soul, to set fire to our house, and run like fire to the tavern. <br />Until we ferment, we shall not escape from this vat of the <br />world- how then shall we become intimate with the lip of that <br />flagon and bowl? <br />Listen to the words from a madman: do not suppose that we <br />become true men until we die. <br />It is necessary that we should become more inverted than the <br />tip of a comb in the top of the twisted tress of felicity; <br />Spread our wings and pinions like a tree in the orchard, if like <br />a seed we are to be scattered on this road of annihilation. <br />Though we are of stone, we shall become like wax for you <br />seal; though we be candles, we shall become a moth in the track <br />of your light. <br />Though we are kings, we shall travel straight as rocks for your <br />sake, that we may become blessed through your queen on this <br />chessboard. <br />In the face of the mirror of love we must not breathe a word of <br />ourselves; we must become intimate with your treasure when <br />we are changed to waste. <br />Like the tale of the heart we must be without bread or ending, <br />that we may become dwellers in the heart of lovers like a tale. <br />If he acts like the seeker, we shall attain to being sought; if he acts <br />the key, we shall become all the wards of the lock. <br />If Mostafa does not make his way and couch in our hearts, it is <br />meet that we should lament and become like the Wailing <br />Column. <br />No, be silent; for one must observe silence towards the watch- <br />man when we go towards the pavilion by night.<br /><br />Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-time-has-come-for-us-to-become-madmen-in-you/
