I Will Share with You

Lesson 325: I Will Share with You

I will give you my shirt, I swear, and my robe;
Whatever the King graces me, I will share with you.
From the King's hand comes to me directly
The cup and jar of Eternal Wine –
The source of the sun itself begs me for a mouthful.
I am silent, my throat is sick, you go on talking if you have to.
You are the voice of David, I'm just a jet of scattering straw.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)