What Was Told, That
Jalal al-Din Rumi
What was said to the rose that made it open was said
to me here in my chest.What was told the cypress that made it strong
and straight, what waswhispered the jasmine so it is what it is, whatever made
sugarcane sweet, whateverwas said to the inhabitants of the town of Chigil in
Turkestan that makes themso handsome, whatever lets the pomegranate flower blush
like a human face, that isbeing said to me now. I blush. Whatever put eloquence in
language, that’s happening here.The great warehouse doors open; I fill with gratitude,
chewing a piece of sugarcane,in love with the one to whom every that belongs!