You Are The Only Student You Have

You are the only faithful student you have.

All the others leave eventually.

Have you been making yourself shallow

with making others eminent?

Just remember, when you're in union,

you don't have to fear

that you'll be drained.

The command comes to speak,

and you feel the ocean

moving through you.

Then comes, Be silent,

as when the rain stops,

and the trees in the orchard

begin to draw moisture

up into themselves.

... Mathnawi, V, 3195-3219, Mevlana Rumi