Rumi ...

Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation ???

What do you know of Love except the name ???

Love has a hundred forms of pride and disdain ...

And is gained by a hundred means of persuasion ...

Since Love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal ...

It has no interest in a disloyal companion ...

The human being resembles a tree ...

Its root is a covenant with God ...

That root must be cherished with all one's might ...

A weak covenant is a rotten root, without grace or fruit ...

Though the boughs and leaves of the date palm are green ...

Greenness brings no benefit if the root is corrupt ...

If a branch is without green leaves, yet has a good root ...

A hundred leaves will put forth their hands in the end ...