Never had the soul's ear heard a cry like this....by Rumi

When God gives spiritual awareness 
to any community,
the face and voice of a Beloved 
become a miraculous proof.

The Beloved calls aloud
and the soul of the community
falls to worship within.

Never had the soul's ear
heard a cry like this.

That stranger, the soul,
immediately perceiving the wondrous voice,
hears from God's own tongue the words,
"Truly, I am near."

~ Rumi
Mathnawi II: 3598-3601
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994