Shedding Tears

"There are many acts of enmity, which are really friendship, many acts of destruction which are really restoration...
Till the cloud weeps, how should the garden smile? Till the babe cries, how should the milk begin to flow?
Do you not know that the Nurse of all nurses gives no milk gratis, without your crying?
The cloud's weeping, and the suns burning are the pillar of this world: twist these two strands together.
How would these four seasons be flourishing, unless this glow and weeping were the origin?
Since the burning heat of the sun, and the weeping of the clouds in the world are keeping the world fresh and sweet,
Keep the sun of your intelligence burning, keep your eye glistening with tears like a cloud!"

Rumi (Vol.5, 106-142)

Commentary: Rumi's weather report: a mix of clouds and sun..both, apparently essential.