Translation #1

Passion burns down every branch of exhaustion;
Passion is the Supreme Elixir and renews all things;
So don’t sigh heavily, your brow bleak with denial,
Dare to look for Passion, Passion, Passion, Passion!…
Futile solutions deceive the force of passion,
They are bandits who extort money through lies!…
Run far away, my friends, from all false solutions!
Let Divine Passion triumph and rebirth you in yourself!

-Rumi, translated by Andrew Harvey

Translation #2

Passion burns down every branch of exhaustion.
Passion is the supreme alchemical elixir, and renews all things.
No-one can grow exhausted when passion is born,
so don’t sigh heavily, your brows bleak with boredom and cynicism and despair—
look for passion! passion! passion! passion!

Futile solutions deceive the force of passion.
They are banded to extort money through lies.
Marshy and stagnant water is no cure for thirst.
No matter how limpid and delicious it might look,
it will only stop and prevent you from looking for fresh rivers
that could feed and make flourish a hundred gardens,
just as each piece of false gold prevents you
from recognizing real gold and where to find it.

False gold will only cut your feet and bind your wings,
saying “I will remove your difficulties”
when in fact it is only dregs and defeat in the robes of victory.
So run, my friends, run fast and furious from all false solutions.
Let divine passion triumph, and rebirth you in yourself.

– Rumi (translator unknown – feel free to contact me if you know who the translator is)