Rumi

Do not observe every beggar that beckons; you are special, and you are ours!
Do not sell yourself as a cheap commodity; you are priceless!
 
Part the sea with your staff; you are the Moses of our time;
Tear apart the moon’s cloak; you are of the same light source as Mohammad!
 
Shatter the wine jug of the beauties; you are as beautiful as Joseph!
Create new life from your breath, like Christ; you too are from that air! 
 
You are still hidden; what have you seen of your own beauty?
One dawn you’ll rise from within yourself, just like the sun!
 
Alas! You’re covered like the moon under the clouds!
Tear up your body’s cover; you are beautiful like the moon!
 
No mine has a gem like you; this world has no life like you!
For this is the world of depletion, and you are a life-expanding life!
 
You are like a hawk with its paws tied up, weighed down by its own body
It’s with your own claws that you must untie the knot.
 
How joyful is the pure gold in the midst of fire
For it is there, that it’s able to show its beauty and essence
 
Do not escape the flames of Life’s fire, my friend
Can you imagine what might happen if you pass the test?
 
You’re not going to burn, I swear! you’re going to shine like gold
You are born of Divinity; you have always possessed the Divine essence
 
Raise your head from under the soil; you are a dignified tree!
Fly up to the top of the mountain; you are the noblest of birds!
 
You are sugar; spread sweetness, for that is your essence!
Play the reed of greatness, for your music makes incredibly beautiful sounds!
 
The above lines are from one of Rumi’s poems in the ‘Ghazalliat e Shams’ (poems for/of Shams), # 146 of the second Vol., translated by Fereshteh Fatemi, July, 2015.