Rumi: Thou wilt never more endure without the flame, when thou hast known the rapture of burning. If the water of life should

Thou wilt never more endure without the flame, when thou hast known the rapture — Rumi

Thou wilt never more endure without the flame, when thou hast known the rapture of burning. If the water of life should come to thee, it would not stir thee from the flame.

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