Oh, if a tree could wander <br />and move with foot and wings! <br />It would not suffer the axe blows <br />and not the pain of saws! <br /> <br />For would the sun not wander <br />away in every night ? <br />How could at ev'ry morning <br />the world be lighted up? <br /> <br />And if the ocean's water <br />would not rise to the sky, <br />How would the plants be quickened <br />by streams and gentle rain? <br /> <br />The drop that left its homeland, <br />the sea, and then returned ? <br />It found an oyster waiting <br />and grew into a pearl. <br /> <br />Did Yusaf not leave his father, <br />in grief and tears and despair? <br />Did he not, by such a journey, <br />gain kingdom and fortune wide? <br /> <br />Did not the Prophet travel <br />to far Medina, friend? <br />And there he found a new kingdom <br />and ruled a hundred lands. <br /> <br />You lack a foot to travel? <br />Then journey into yourself! <br />And like a mine of rubies <br />receive the sunbeams? print! <br /> <br />Out of yourself ? such a journey <br />will lead you to your self, <br />It leads to transformation <br />of dust into pure gold!<br /><br />Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-a-tree-could-wander/
