M1:2718 — تا شود زین کوزه منفذ سوی بحر / تا بگیرد کوزهٔ من خوی بحر

这句诗是鲁米寓言故事中的一个核心转折点。故事里，一位沙漠中的阿拉伯人要把一罐雨水当作珍贵的礼物献给巴格达的哈里发，却不知哈里发坐拥底格里斯河的无尽水源。鲁米在此揭示了这个故事的深层含义。

“瓦罐” (کوزه) 在前文中已被明确比作我们受限的肉身，而罐中的“咸水”则是我们通过五种感官（“五个管口”）获得的有限、混浊的认知。因此，这句诗表达了一种深刻的苏菲派渴望：祈愿我们这个如同瓦罐般封闭、有限的个体，能够打开一个“孔道” (منفذ)，与那象征着神圣实相、无限智慧与存在的“大海” (بحر) 连接起来。

第一行诗句“愿此瓦罐，能有通往大海的孔道”是祈求建立一种联系，打破个体的孤立状态。第二行“愿我的瓦罐，能染上大海的性情”则更进一步：不仅仅是连接，更是转化。当瓦罐与大海相通，它自身就不再仅仅是一个盛水的容器，它的“性情”或本质 (خوی) 也会被大海同化。它将分享大海的无限、慷慨与纯净。这意味着，当人的灵魂向神圣本源敞开时，其自身的品质也会得到根本性的提升与净化，从有限和匮乏，转变为无限与丰盈。

In the story, a desert Arab brings a jar of rainwater to the Caliph in Baghdad, unaware that the city sits on the banks of the mighty Tigris river. Rumi uses this as an allegory for the spiritual seeker's journey. The human being is the kūzeh (jar), a finite vessel containing the 'water' of our sensory experience and knowledge, which we proudly offer to God.

This couplet is the heart of the allegorical prayer. The speaker asks for the jar of the self not merely to be accepted, but to be transformed. The first line prays for a manfaẕ (an opening, a channel) to be created from the vessel to the baḥr (the Sea, Rumi's constant symbol for the infinite Divine Reality). This is a plea for connection, for the limited self to become a conduit to the limitless Source.

The second line takes the prayer a step further. It asks that the jar itself might acquire the khūy (the nature, the disposition, the character) of the Sea. This is not just about being connected to the divine; it's about being fundamentally changed by that connection. The goal is for the finite vessel to take on the qualities of the infinite—boundlessness, generosity, and life-giving power. The jar ceases to be a mere container and becomes an expression of the Sea itself.