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"When you work
you are a flute
"Through whose heart The whispering
"And when you work with love
You bind yourself to yourself
"And to one another,
and to God
"And what is it
to work with love?
"It is to weave the cloth With
threads drawn from your heart
"Even as if your beloved
Were to wear that cloth
"It is to build
a house with affection
"Even as if your beloved
Were to dwell in that house
"It is to sow seeds with tenderness
And reap the harvest with joy
"Even as if your
beloved were to eat the fruit
"It is to charge
all things you fashion
"With a breath
of your own spirit
"And to know that
all the blessed dead
"Are standing
about you and watching
"Often I have heard you say
As if speaking in sleep
"'One who works in marble,
and finds
"The shape of their
own soul in the stone
"'Is nobler than
one who plows the soil
"'And one who
seizes the rainbow
"'To lay it on a cloth
in the likeness of man
"'Is more than one who makes
The sandals for our feet'
"But I say, not in sleep But in
the over-wakefulness ofnoonHde
"That the wind speaks Not more
sweetly to the giant oaks
"Than it does to
"And they are great Who turn the
voice of the wind into a song
"Made sweeter by
their own loving
"Work is love made visible "
Well, that was lovely, wasn't it?
Very edifying
But we need to
be moving along.
What's the hurry?
He's just been released.
Yes, we haven't
seen him for years.
Where are you taking him?
I thought he was free.
I am free, my friends.
Today, I'm being
sent home to my country.
I must admit, it will be
good to see my home again.
Please, sir.
Before you go, I insist
Yes, everyone knows
the food on those
ships is terrible.
Come. Sit.
Out of the way, out of the way, people.
Come on.
Bashira! The best
for Mustafa.
Oh!
And you'll need
provisions for your trip.
HHVS SOITIS OFHDQSS.
Some pistachios.
Nowjust one minute.
I'm in charge here!
And I say whether...
Ooh. Is that fresh halvah?
IVlmm.
Oh! Oh!
All right, five minutes.
And not a moment longer.
What generosity!
Enough,enough!
Thank you, dear people.
Thank you for
the gifts of your labor,
and thanks to
the earth for its gifts.
"Would that you could live From
the fragrance of the earth
"And like an air plant
Be sustained by the light
"But since we must
kill to eat
"Then let it be
an act of worship
"When you gather the grapes For
the winepress, say in your heart
"'l too am a vineyard
gathered For the winepress
"'And the wine shall be kept
In eternal vessels'
"And when you crush an apple
With your teeth
"Say to it in your heart
"'Your seeds
shall live in my body
"'And the buds of your tomorrow
Shall blossom in my heart
"'Your blood and my blood is the
sap That feeds the tree of heaven
"'And together we shall rejoice
Through all the seasons"'
Thank you, friends.
I'll miss you.
I'll miss you all.
Watch him.
I'll be back in a moment.
Right!
What...
No, listen...
Listen to me!
He's a danger, and his
influence continues to grow.
I need at least five men here
and more when we get there.
No, he doesn't
suspect anything.
But the people...
There may be resistance.
Oh, yes, the Pasha will know
how to handle Mustafa.
Hey!
It's you!
Open this door at once!
IVlmm. IVlmm!
Oh!
So true.
Mustafa, my friend, we feed the
body, but you, you feed the soul.
Sir? IVlay I have
a word with you?
Please, Halim
Here, have some wine.
Is something
troubling you, Halim?
No! No, no, no.
lwasjust
Yes, there is.
Yes? Go on.
I know everyone sees me as
this self-assured, dauntless,
impenetrable
fortress of strength.
Ahh!
But, um...
...the truth is, and this
might surprise you,
I actually have one thing
that fills me with fear.
And that is?
Expressing feelings of love.
Ah. Love.
For Kamila?
You knew?
I see her lovely
face every day,
but I have no
idea how she feels.
I mean, perhaps she's intimidated
by my status, my authority.
Intimidated? Your...
No. No, no, no, no.
Don't let that worry you.
Good. Okay. Good.
But now that you're leaving, I mean,
she won't be coming around anymore.
And if I don't
do something soon,
I mightjust lose her forever!
What will I do?
I just...
I mean, what can I do?
Halim, Halim.
I... I...
Yes?
You're mangling that mango.
Oh...
Ha-ha.
So I am.
Halim, when love beckons
to you, follow him,
though his ways
are hard and steep.
When love
beckons to you
Follow him
Though his ways
are hard and steep
And when his wings
enfold you, yield to him
Though he hides
And when he speaks to you
Believe in him
Though his voice
may shatter your dreams
Love will
crown and crucify you
And though for your growth
so he is for your pruning
Love will caress
your tenderest branches
And shake
every clinging root
Like sheaves of corn
he gathers you unto himself
And then he assigns
you to his sacred fire
That you may become sacred
bread for God's sacred feast
All these things
shall love do unto you
That you may know
the secrets of your heart
And in that
knowledge become a fragment
A fragment of Life's heart
Now if in your fear you seek only
love's peace and love's pleasure
Better cover your nakedness And
pass out of love's threshing-floor
Into a seasonless world
where you shall laugh
But not all your laughter
And weep and weep,
but not all of your tears
And takes
naught but from itself
Love possesses not
nor would it be possessed
For love is enough
You should say,
"I am in the heart of God"
You cannot
direct the course of Love
If Love, it finds you
worthy, directs your course
To wake at dawn
with a winged heart
To come home in
the evening with gratitude
Then to sleep with a prayer
for the beloved in your heart
And a song of
praise on your lips
"And then to sleep with a prayer
for the beloved in your heart
"And a song of
praise upon your lips"
Ah!
Ah! Caught you.
Yes.
Excuse me, have you met my friend?
Her name is Almitra.
Your friend,
you say. Oh.
We have met, yes.
Oh, good, I'll feel better
knowing she has friends
to look after
her when I'm gone.
What is it, Yousef?
It's just that, you see...
Well, it can be hard to get to
know someone who refuses to speak.
I can see how
that might be.
On the other hand,
sometimes people talk when they cease
to be at peace with their thoughts.
But there are those
who have the truth
within them, only they
tell it not in words.
In the heart of these, the spirit
dwells in rhythmic silence.
Oh. How did you...
And if I find that little ruffian,
I'll throw her in irons!
Break time's over.
Come on, let's get a move on.
Shh.
Oh. Don't leave now.
Mustafa, please.
You just got here,
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