Like mercy itself

There are such helpers in the world,
who rush to saveanyone who cries out.
Like Mercy itself, they run towards the screaming.

And they can't be bought off.

If you were to ask one of those, "Why did you come
so quickly?" he or she would say, "Because I heard
your helplessness.

-Written in the 13th century
by the great Persian poet, Rumi-