Make an Experiment

"Be without lip and without ear for a while, and then like the lip, be the companion of honey.
How long have you been uttering poetry, and prose and proclaiming mysteries! O you, who play at leadership, try the experiment, and for one day, be dumb!
How long have you been cooking food that is sour and acidic? For this one time, make an experiment and cook sweets.
God, who makes the rose lovely and sweet-scented...God bestows fresh running water onto the salt sea."

Rumi (Vol.5, 2148-2159)

Commentary: How long, O Lord? I guess it wouldn't hurt (too much) to try to be silent?