Rumi on Courage
In battle the cowardly out of fear for their lives
have chosen the means of retreat,
while the courageous, also from fear of their lives,
have charged toward the ranks of the enemy.
Heroes are borne onward by their fear and pain;
from fear, too, the human being of weak spirit dies within.
-- Mathnawi IV:2917-2919
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
have chosen the means of retreat,
while the courageous, also from fear of their lives,
have charged toward the ranks of the enemy.
Heroes are borne onward by their fear and pain;
from fear, too, the human being of weak spirit dies within.
-- Mathnawi IV:2917-2919
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski