Let There Be Room

This earth is like a cradle for babes: it cramps the movements of grownup men. On account of the babes (who live in it)
God hath called the earth a cradle (mahd), and He hath bestowed milk on the babes in their cradle.
The house is crowded with these cradles: let the babes grow up quickly, O King!
O cradle, do not incommode the house (but let there be room), so that the grown-up man can move freely.

The Masnawi - Volume 6